Harvard Art Museums > 1959.218: Hydria (water jar): Priam Driving Forth Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Hydria (water jar): Priam Driving Forth (Related to The Bucci Painter) , 1959.218,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/288389. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1959.218 People Related to The Bucci Painter, Greek Title Hydria (water jar): Priam Driving Forth Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 525-500 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica Period Archaic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/288389 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Black-figure Provenance Recorded Ownership History Spencer Churchill Collection. Robinson Collection. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Beazley Archive Database #301641 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1959 Object Number 1959.218 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The main scene on this hydria illustrates King Priam charging forth in a chariot to ransom for the body of Hector. King Priam is seated in the chariot and on his right is his charioteer. The chariot is being pulled by three horses but the third horse is barely visible, the only indications of its existence are its legs and incised lines by the face of the rightmost horse that depict a partial profile of its face. Directly in front of Priam is a warrior with a shield with a decoration in very faded added white and incised lines that appears to be a bird of prey, possibly a falcon. Behind the warrior are more men who are likely the king’s attendants. Behind the chariot is another attendant. All of the men in the scene are facing King Priam, likely to emphasize his power and status. On the shoulder of the hydria we see another scene where a man is fighting the Nemean Lion with a weapon painted in faded added red. This man is depicted directly above King Priam so this scene could function as a parallel to the main scene. Publication History Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Vol. 7, Priamos 67. Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
