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Red-Figure Nolan Amphora (container)
Greek

Title

Red-Figure Nolan Amphora (container)

Artist

Unknown Artist (Greek)

Date

c. 450 BCE

Medium

ceramic

Dimensions

12 3/4 × 7 × 5 7/8 in. (32.4 × 17.8 × 14.9 cm)

Classification

Vessels & Containers

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Hewitt Judd

Object Number

1965.407

On View

On view

Provenance

With Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, 1958 [1].
With Sotheby’s, New York, March 5, 1962.
J. Hewett, London, by 1963;
Their sale to Spink & Son, London, January 1963–December 16, 1963;
Their sale to Dr. John Hewitt Judd (1899–1986) and Mrs. J. Hewitt Judd (née Ellanore Baxter, 1905–1986), Omaha, Nebraska, December 16, 1963–December 16, 1965;
Their gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1965.

[1] Featured in an ad for Hesperia Art, with photographic reproduction, description, and dimension details, Archaeology 11 (1958): 221.

Exhibition History

Between Myth and Reality: Ancient Greek Vases from Joslyn Art Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 24, 2022–June 4, 2023.

Published References

Catalogue of Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities (London: Sotheby’s, 5 March 1962), 33, no. 104.

K. Schauenburg, “Herakles unter Gottern” Gymnasium 70 (1963): 114–115, no. 5.

W.A. McGonagle, “Early Greek Vases Added to Collection at Joslyn Museum,” Sunday World-Herald, November 28, 1965, 10, (repro.).

Illustrated Guide to the Treasures of America (Pleasantville, New York: Reader’s Digest Association, 1974), 371.

J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters 2nd ed. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963), 1678.

J. D. Beazley, Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters 2nd ed. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971), 440, no. 10.

Ann Steiner, Joslyn Art Museum: Ancient Greek Pottery (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1985), 45, fig. 5, (repro.).

Ann Steiner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. United States of America. Joslyn Art Museum 21 (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1986), 17, pls. 30: 1–2, 32: 1 (repro.).