Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Property of a Gentleman
An Attic Red-figured Column Krater, attributed to near the Orchard Painter, circa mid-5th Century B.C.
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December 6, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
An Attic Red-figured Column Krater
attributed to near the Orchard Painter, circa mid-5th Century B.C.
painted with the goddess Demeter standing beside the winged chariot of Triptolemos, the goddess wearing a long chiton, himation and polos (?), and holding a tall staff, a standing draped youth with walking stick on the reverse.
Height 39.4 cm.
Dr. Jacob Hirsch (1874-1955), Munich, Paris, and New York
Mark L. Davison, New York, acquired from the estate of the above in 1966
N. David Nelson, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above in 1966
Washington, D.C. private collector, acquired by descent in 2003 (Christie's, New York, March 31st, 2018, no. 52, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Mark L. Davison, New York, acquired from the estate of the above in 1966
N. David Nelson, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above in 1966
Washington, D.C. private collector, acquired by descent in 2003 (Christie's, New York, March 31st, 2018, no. 52, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
The Orchard Painter was an Attic early classical painter of large vases, including very many column-kraters as well as several amphorae and pelikae. He is associated with the Painter of Brussels. His vases feature mythological scenes, departing warrior scenes and Dionysiac and sympotic scenes, but most are of conversational scenes of everyday life. These include most famously a column-krater in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York which features women picking fruit in an orchard, after which he is named. His style is austere and simple, and foregrounds with large, relatively still human forms.