
The Art Institute of Chicago
Hydria (Water Jar)
Description
This vase depicts the winged goddess Eos (Dawn), wearing a diadem, chiton and himation, pursuing an unnamed youth who is probably Tithonos: she has caught him by the arm. He wears a himation and holds a lyre in his left hand. On the left of the scene a boy, heavily wrapped in his himation, flees to the left, but turns his head back to the right: he was perhaps intended to be a schoolmate.
Provenance
Said to be found in Nola [Old Register at the Art Institute of Chicago]. Pio Marinangeli, Rome; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1889.
Dimensions
33.5 × 33.7 × 27.6 cm (13 3/16 × 13 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)
Movement / Period
Accession No
252
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Attributed to the Orchard Painter Greek; Athens
red-figure • Greece • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery