Water jar (hydria) with Herakles and Kerberos
about 525 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 46 cm (18 1/8 in.)
Credit LineJohn Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession number28.46
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Sir Wilfred Peek Collection; by 1927: with Sotheby & Co, 34 & 35 New Bond Street, London, W1 (Sotheby sale, December 19, 1927, lot 193 as Peek or Peak collection); purchased by MFA, March 1, 1928, for $ 683.55 (the total price for MFA 28.46 and 28.47)
Circle of the Lysippides Painter
about 530 B.C.
the Lysippides Painter
About 530–520 B.C.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
the Antimenes Painter
about 520–510 B.C.
Edinburgh Painter
about 510–500 B.C.
The Swing Painter
about 540–520 B.C.