Red-figured Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title)
attributed to, The H. A. Painter, Greek, Apulian, active ca. 360–340 BC (Artist)
The use of white paint for the youth holding armor suggests that he is a fallen warrior, while the white building, a naiskos, represents a marble tomb. Like many Apulian vessels, this amphora was made with a hole in the bottom, indicating that it was produced as a grave offering rather than a vessel for use by the living.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
“The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA): 12 May-8 August 1982; Philbrook Art Center (Tulsa, OK): 20 November 1982-9 January 1983; The Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI): 7 February-10 April 1983.
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