Prothesis_Dipylon_Painter_A517.jpg

Summary

Artist
Dipylon Master ( fl. circa from 760 until 735 BC
date QS:P,–750–00–00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,–0760–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,–0735–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
) wikidata:Q943544
Description Greek vase painter and ceramic artist
Date of birth/death 1 st millennium BC
date QS:P,-0500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6
Edit this at Wikidata 		8 th century BC
date QS:P,-750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 760 and circa 735 BC
Work location
Classical Athens Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q943544
Object type krater
object_type QS:P31,Q476968
Description
Prothesis scene: exposure of the dead and mourning. Detail. Late Geometric. From the Dipylon Cemetary in Athens.
Date circa 750 BC
Medium silhouette on terracotta
Dimensions width: 58 cm (22.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2049,58U174728
(fragment)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Céramiques et terres cuites, room 40: Galerie Campana I . Sully, 1 st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number
A 517
Place of creation Athens
Object history Place of discovery: Dipylon cemetery, Athens .
Credit line Purchase, 1884
References
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2006)
Permission
( Reusing this file )
Public domain I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain . This applies worldwide.
In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose , without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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Room 655

exposure time

0.02 second

focal length

35 millimetre