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© Bruce M. White, 2005.
Red-Figure Cup Fragment with Reveller, His Head Thrown Back in Song, and Two Letters of Inscription, Perhaps for [Lea]gr[os kalos] ("Leagros is Handsome")
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Attributed (Greek, active ca. 520 - 470 BCE)

Red-Figure Cup Fragment with Reveller, His Head Thrown Back in Song, and Two Letters of Inscription, Perhaps for [Lea]gr[os kalos] ("Leagros is Handsome")

(not assigned)Greece
CultureGreek, Attic
PeriodArchaic
Dateca. 520 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Object number2005.026.004A
Exhibition HistoryEuphronios, peintre a Athenes au VIe siecle avant J.-C., Musee du Louvre, September 18 - December 31, 1990
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
Published ReferencesEuphronios, peintre a Athenes au VIe siecle avant J.-C.: Musee du Louvre, Paris, 18 septembre - 31 decembre 1990 (Paris: Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux, 1990), number 50.
Sotheby's New York, Antiquities (June 7, 2005), 30, number 26.
Dyfri Williams, "Villard and the Campana Collection: Euphronios and Smikros," in Ceramic and pein turegrecqu're in the Ancient Mediterranean, Terrain at the Museum: Tributes to Francois Villard, ed. Francoise Gaultier, et al (Paris: Boccard Editions, 2019), 175.
ProvenanceWith Peter Sharrer, New Jersey, acquired from European art market, 1982-1983. Previously on loan to Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1990 (L.1990.134a). Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, June 7, 2005, lot 26.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art