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Collections

Michigan Painter (attributed to the)
Stamnos with Reclining Banqueters and Revelerscirca 500 B.C.

On view:
David Geffen Galleries, The Ancient Mediterranean: Gods and Goddesses
Ancient Greek black-figure ceramic stamnos, terracotta orange with black-glaze figural friezes showing processions and a central scene with a large cauldron, encircled by ornamental bands
Black-figure ceramic stamnos with orange ground, two horizontal figural friezes depicting processions of robed and active figures in silhouette, flanked by small lateral handles; decorative bands of heart motifs at neck and ray pattern at base.
Maker
Michigan Painter (attributed to the)
Title
Stamnos with Reclining Banqueters and Revelers
Place Made
Greece, Attica
Date Made
circa 500 B.C.
Medium
Black-figure ceramic with added red and white
Dimensions
Height: 13 7/16 in. (34.13cm); Diameter: 11 in. (28.0 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.8.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Levkoff, Mary L., ed. Hearst the collector. Exh. Cat. New York: Abrams and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.
  • Bundrick, Sheramy D. "Athenian Eye Cups in Context." American Journal of Archaeology 199, no. 3 (2015): 295-341.
  • Coleman, Patrick, ed. The Art of Music. San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Clement, Paul A. "Geryon and Others in Los Angeles." Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 24, no.1 (1955): 1-24.