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| Keywords: Tyszkiewicz Painter - Small Neck-Amphorae - Walters 4858 - Side A.jpg This amphora depicts a bearded mantled man on the front He is leaning over and resting on a staff to the right His head is lowered and he holds out a necklace or wreath in his hands for the woman on the back The paint for the object he holds is lost but the preliminary sketch indicates it was there or intended A woman on the back wears a chiton and mantle and stands to the left Her right arm is hidden underneath her drapery but her left hand and arm although covered by drapery can be perceived at her side Her hair is tied up in a bun at back Her pose with shoulders straight suggests that she is attentive to the offering of the man on the front ca 480 BC Classical terracotta H 12 11/16 x Max Diam 8 1/16 in 32 3 x 20 4 cm ; Diam at rim cm 14 6 ; Diam at foot cm 11 3 accession number 48 58 33313 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Tyszkiewicz Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
