MAKE A MEME View Large Image Etruscan - Red-Figure Stamnos - Walters 4862 - Profile.jpg A stamnos is a wide-mouthed jar for wine Red-figure vases were made in Etruria from the mid-5th to the mid-3rd centuries BC Early examples were influenced by Athenian Greek works ...
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Keywords: Etruscan - Red-Figure Stamnos - Walters 4862 - Profile.jpg A stamnos is a wide-mouthed jar for wine Red-figure vases were made in Etruria from the mid-5th to the mid-3rd centuries BC Early examples were influenced by Athenian Greek works After about 350 BC inspiration was drawn from the flourishing vase-painting tradition of South Italy The Etruscan vase-painter like his metalworking counterpart favored animated figures with expressive gestures On this vessel a warrior stands between two women on one side while on the other appear dancing women and two satyrs early 4th century BC terracotta cm 33 33 5 27 accession number 48 62 22726 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Etruscan stamnoi Etruscan art in the Walters Art Museum Etruscan pottery in the United States Funnel Group Dancing maenads in ancient Greek pottery Etruscan dance eee Satyrs in ancient Greek pottery
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