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San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Jar (amphora) with Herakles, Deianeira and Nessos

San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Contact San Antonio Museum of Art, Registrar Department for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Jar (amphora) with Herakles, Deianeira and Nessos

Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 540-530 B.C.
Dimensions:
height: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
max. width including handles: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
max. diameter (body): 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm)
diameter of foot: 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm)
diameter of rim: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 75.59.15
Provenance: Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), London, by 1855; in his sale at Christie's, London, April 28, 1856, lot 348; his nephew William Sharpe (c. 1805-c. 1870), London, by 1870; his daughter Mary Catherine Sharpe (c. 1842-c. 1935), Middlesex, before 1934; her nephew Stephen Lewis Courtauld (1882-1967), London, Baintree, and Eltham Hall, U.K., and La Rochelle, Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) by 1934; probably by inheritance to Viriginia Peirano Courtauld (c. 1883-1972), La Rochelle, and Jersey, U.K., 1967; sold, Sotheby's, London, December 9, 1974, lot 227, to San Antonio Museum Association; transferred to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994
Label Text
Side A: Herakles slaying the centaur Nessos
Side B: A wheeling chariot
On view


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