Oinochoe (Pitcher) (end of 4th century BCE): Artwork and History

Oinochoe (Pitcher) (end of 4th century BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Attributed to the Mattinata Painter Greek; Apulia, Italy.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

This vase depicts a woman wearing a chiton, a himation and a white sakkos (hat) sitting on an elaborate four-tier rock, holding a phiale (dish) out in her right hand and a large bunch of grapes back in her left. By her legs is a large and elaborate tambourine; to the far right is an elaborate sprouting floral.

Object facts

• Title: Oinochoe (Pitcher)
• Date: end of 4th century BCE
• Artist attribution: Attributed to the Mattinata Painter Greek; Apulia, Italy
• Place of origin: Greece
• Medium: terracotta, red-figure
• Dimensions: 38.1 × 13.9 × 13.6 cm (15 × 15 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)
• Type: Vessel
• Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
• Reference number: 1889.88

Collection credit

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