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| IMPORTANT ATTIC LARGE BLACK-FIGURE HYDRIA BY THE SWING PAINTER A warrior prepares to depart in a chariot. The charioteer stands in the box, the reins in one hand and the goad in the other. His hair and beard are red, like those of the man standing in the background conversing with the warrior (his son?). At either end of the chariot, stand two males mantled in red-striped himations; the one at left is bearded. In the foreground, a woman stands by the chariot box, apparently conversing with the driver. On the shoulder, a hoplite is among four enemy horsemen, who surrounded him for the kill. Recomposed with minor restoration. TL Test Daybreak 61A39 Published J. Eisenberg, One Thousand Years of Ancient Greek Vases, 1990, no. 33. Ex English collection; Patricia Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1990. Ca. 535-530 BC H. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2011, no. 110 1,000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases II, no. 47 PK0991K SOLD See details below. |
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The scene on the body is framed by black ivy vines. Above the shoulder panel is a band of alternating red and black tongues. A band of rays, topped by a red stripe, circles the lower body. Two red stripes circle the body below the front panel. A single stripe of dilute glaze separates the panels on the body and shoulder. Body: A warrior is preparing to depart in a chariot, which dominates the scene. The horses face right: the nearest trace horse with red tail, the farther pole horse with a red mane. The charioteer stands in the box, the reins in one hand and the goad in the other. He wears a long chiton, the lower part which is white, the upper part black with white spots. His hair and beard are red, like those of the man standing in the background conversing with the warrior (his son?). The warrior wears a tunic, a Corinthian helmet with a red stripe and low white crest, and red greaves. He carries a shield and spear. At far left and right, at either end of the chariot, stand two males mantled in red-striped himations; the one at left is bearded. In the foreground, a white-skinned woman stands by the chariot box, apparently conversing with the driver. Her arms are concealed by her mantle – decorated with white rosettes – which she pulls up with her right hand in an evocative but cryptic gesture. Shoulder: A foot soldier is among enemy horsemen, who surrounded him for the kill. The warrior is in the center, charging to the right with spear and shield, the latter decorated with a white dot. He wears a tunic, a high-crested Corinthian helmet, and red greaves. The horsemen are all beardless; the two at right have red hair. Each holds the reins of his rearing horse with one hand and his spear in the other. The first and third horses have red manes. The leftmost horseman wears a white tunic; the others wear black tunics and over this, a red and white zeira, the Thracian cloak favored by many Athenian cavalrymen. The Swing Painter was a prolific artist, active about 540-520 B.C. Beazley said he was perhaps a pupil of the Princeton Painter, and he was clearly also influenced by Exekias. He painted only large vases, mostly amphorae of shape B, including his masterpiece in Cincinnati with a scene of Herakles killing the Egyptian king Busiris (acc. no. 1959.1; Paralipomena 134, 23 ter). A dozen or so hydriae are known, all with chariot scenes on the body, but only one other with a fight scene on the shoulder: British private collection; Paralipomena, 135, 98bis; Beazley Addenda, 83. For the Swing Painter, see Beazley, ABV 304-10 and 693; Paralipomena 132-35 and 519; Beazley Addenda 79-84; Elke Bohr, Der Schaukelmaler (Kerameus 4; Mainz 1982); E. Bohr, “Weitere Werke des Schaukelmalers,” Praestant Interna. Festschrift fur Ulrich Hausmann, Tubingen, 1982, 213-220; E.E. Bell, “The Swing Painter’s Amphora in San Simeon,” California Studies in Classical Antiquity 12 (1979) 21-38; J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases, Oxford, 1974, 63; and J.D. Beazley, “Groups of Mid-Sixth-Century Black-figure,” BSA 32, 1931-32, 12. |
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