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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
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1968, Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; 1968, sold by Robert E. Hecht, Jr., to the MFA. (Accession date: February 7, 1968)
Manner of the Dinos Painter
about 430–420 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with a libation scene
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with satyrs
The Charmides Painter
about 470 B.C.
Mixing bowl (bell krater) with sacrifice scene
The Chrysis Painter
late 5th century B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting Theseus killing the Minotaur
the Painter of the Florence Pursuit
late fifth century B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with the birth of Dionysos
The Alkimachos Painter
about 460 B.C.