Jar (pelike) with a scene of athletic training
about 500–490 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsOverall: 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Family of Arthur S. Dewing
Accession number2004.74
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited from him by Mrs. Burt and then, about 1889, by A. H. Browne; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London W.C., England, auction of the Forman Collection, June 19-22, lot 316 (perhaps from Rhodes); 1899: H. de Morgan Collection (purchased at the Forman auction); American Art Galleries Sale, March 12-13, 1901, lot 193; by 1954: Collection of a Friend of the Fogg Museum; loaned by Arthur S. Dewing to MFA, May 22, 1961 (55.61); returned January 18, 1963; loaned by Arthur S. Dewing to MFA, March 10, 1965 (53.65); January 20, 1971: estate of Arthur S. Dewing, bequeathed to his family; April 21, 2004: given to MFA by the family of Arthur S. Dewing (Ruth Dewing Ewing; the family of Abigail Dewing Avery; and the family of Mary Dewing Morain)
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.
the Rycroft Painter
about 520 B.C.
