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Amphora with a Youth and a Bearded Man and Victory
(Ancient Greece )
This amphora depicts a bearded, mantled man and Nike on the front. Wreathed, the man stands in profile to the right, holding a staff in his right hand. Shown in profile, Nike walks to the left, her hands covered by her drapery at the waist; the right is held higher than the left. She wears a chiton and mantle, and has a thin fillet around her head.
The back depicts a mantled youth with a fillet. He stands in profile to the right with his right hand extended at his waist holding (and possibly offering) an oval object (maybe a fruit or an egg).
Provenance
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [1897 cat. no. 214]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 7/16 x Max. Diam: 6 7/8 in. (31.6 x 17.5 cm); Diam at rim: 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); Diam at foot: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.53