An Attic Red-Figured Nolan Amphora
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An Attic Red-Figured Nolan Amphora
Attributed to the Dwarf Painter, Circa 440-430 B.C.
Height 12 7/8 inches (32.7 cm).
Provenance:
Private Collection, France.
PIASA, Paris, Archeologie, 1-2 October 2003, Lot 89.
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 2005 (Art of the Ancient World, Vol. XVI, no. 89).
On the obverse, a draped youth stands to the right with a mantle draped diagonally from one shoulder to leave the right arm exposed. He extends a hand slightly towards a somewhat hunched and draped mature man who advances from the left, with a bent staff in one hand and a lyre with a tortoiseshell soundbox proffered in the other. On the reverse, another draped youth with a knobby stick walks to the right, glancing over one shoulder.
In Classical Athens, the pedagogical relationship between adolescents and experienced adults was crucial and wide-ranging, with instruction in the gymnasium geared towards developing the well-rounded merits (athletic, moral, intellectual) understood to be central to the development of the city’s citizenry. It is this aspect of daily life that the obverse likely evokes.
Attributed to the Dwarf Painter, Circa 440-430 B.C.
Height 12 7/8 inches (32.7 cm).
Provenance:
Private Collection, France.
PIASA, Paris, Archeologie, 1-2 October 2003, Lot 89.
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 2005 (Art of the Ancient World, Vol. XVI, no. 89).
On the obverse, a draped youth stands to the right with a mantle draped diagonally from one shoulder to leave the right arm exposed. He extends a hand slightly towards a somewhat hunched and draped mature man who advances from the left, with a bent staff in one hand and a lyre with a tortoiseshell soundbox proffered in the other. On the reverse, another draped youth with a knobby stick walks to the right, glancing over one shoulder.
In Classical Athens, the pedagogical relationship between adolescents and experienced adults was crucial and wide-ranging, with instruction in the gymnasium geared towards developing the well-rounded merits (athletic, moral, intellectual) understood to be central to the development of the city’s citizenry. It is this aspect of daily life that the obverse likely evokes.
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An Attic Red-Figured Nolan Amphora
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