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| CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA NEAR THE PAINTER OF B.M. F 63: THE DEATH OF ACTEON Actaeon, shown in an unusual full-facing composition, being transformed into a deer and devoured by his hunting dogs; looking on from the left is a deity, no doubt similar to Charun, the Etruscan god of the dead, holding hammer and staff. Large wreathed male head below left handle, that of a female wearing a saccos below the right handle. Details in added white paint. Attributed by Michael Padgett of Princeton University. On the painter of B.M. F 63 and related workshop see Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily (Oxford, 1967), pp. 314 ff. and cf. plate 124. On museum exhibition loan, returning in March of 2009 Ca. 375-350 BC H. 14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2005, no. 119 Art of the Ancient World, 1997, no. 122 TPQ195R SOLD |
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