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Black-Figure Oinochoe (Wine Pitcher)
Black-Figure Oinochoe (Wine Pitcher)

Black-Figure Oinochoe (Wine Pitcher)

Primary
NationalityGreek-Attic, Europe
Place MadeGreece, Europe
Datecirca 550–500 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund and the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Foundation, 1980.33
Collection AreaAntiquities
Object number1980.33
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, A2
Collection Highlight
Label Text
The Greek hero Herakles fights the Nemean Lion to tackle the first of his twelve labors. The skin of this lion will become his most prominent attribute. The weapons left hanging in the tree remind the viewer that he killed the beast with his bare hands. Iolaos, Herakles’ nephew, extends a club over the hero as a gesture of assistance.
ProvenanceLikely acquired in Italy between 1820–30, perhaps in England or Italy by 1841 by Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton [1790–1851], 2nd Marquess of Northampton, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England; by descent to Charles Douglas Compton [1816-1877], 3rd Marquess of Northampton; by descent to William Compton [1818–1897], 4th Marquess of Northampton; by descent to William George Spencer Scott Compton [1851–1913], 5th Marquess of Northampton; by descent to William Bingham Compton [1885–1978], 6th Marquess of Northampton; by descent to Spencer Douglas David Compton [b.1946], 7th Marquess of Northampton; sold (Christie’s, London) July 2nd, 1980, The Castle Ashby Vases, lot 78
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