Pitcher (oinochoe) with a Young Man and a Woman
Artist:
Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Place made:Athens, Greece
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 490-480 B.C.
Dimensions:
h. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm); diam. 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.59
Provenance: with Simotti-Rocchi, Rome, by 1964; with J. J. Klejman (1906-1995), New York, 1965-1973; sold by J. J. Klejman to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1973; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Label Text
On this vase a young man offers a flower to a seated hetaira, or prostitute. Hetairai, skilled as entertainers, were often hired to accompany men at symposia. In his left hand the young man holds a coin purse which he will presumably use to pay the hetaira. The mirror on the wall indicates that the scene take place in the hetaira’s quarters. The elegant composition and fine drawing are typical of the Berlin Painter, one of the outstanding vase-painters of the 5th century B.C. (Jessica Powers 2008)
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