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Object

Artist
Kleomelos Painter
Object type kylix
object_type QS:P31,Q668349
Description
English: Young boy holding a discus at the palaestra. Near him, a pick to prepare the landing ground for the long jump, and a pair of dumbbells used to maintain balance during the jump. Interior of an Attic red-figure kylix.
Français : Garçon tenant un disque à la palestre. À ses côtés, un pic pour préparer l'aire de réception au saut en longueur et des haltères pour équilibrer le saut. Intérieur d'un kylix attique à figures rouges.
Română: Baiat care ține un disc la palestra.
Date between circa 510 and circa 500 BC
Medium red-figure pottery
Dimensions diameter: 19.8 cm (7.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2386,19.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Céramiques et terres cuites, room 43: Galerie Campana IV . Sully, 1 st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number
G 111
Place of creation Attica
Credit line collection of Giampietro Campana di Cavelli ; 1861: purchased
Inscriptions

Kalos inscription :

ΚΛΕΟΜΕΛΟΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ [Kleomelos is beautiful]
References
  • Musée du Louvre, Atlas database : entry 7246
  • Beazley, ARV ² 2 118,1; Add. 2 174 John Beazley , Attic Red-Figure Vase Painters , 2 nd edition, Oxford : Clarendon Press,
  • H. R. Immerwahr, Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI, 2009) 6454
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