Water jar (kalpis-hydria) with Danaë receiving Zeus
about 430-420 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number68.18
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On viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceBy 1968, Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; 1968, sold by Robert E. Hecht, Jr., to the MFA. (Accession date: February 7, 1968)
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Brygos Painter
about 480 B.C.
the Painter of the Florence Pursuit
late fifth century B.C.