Greek
A Greek red-figure bell krater, attributed to the Creusa Painter, Lucanian, circa 390 - 370 BC
Pottery
Height: 33 cm
Further images
The front depicts a youth seated on a klismos and playing the lyre, a woman stands behind him crowning him with a wreath and holding an oinochoe, another woman dances...
The front depicts a youth seated on a klismos and playing the lyre, a woman stands behind him crowning him with a wreath and holding an oinochoe, another woman dances in front of him. There are three draped youths on the reverse.
Provenance
Milo John Reginald Talbot, 7th Baron Talbot of Malahide (1912 – 1973) Collection, Ireland
Thence by descent to the Honourable Rose Talbot (1916 – 2009), Malahide Castle, Ireland
Christie’s, London, 27 April 1976, lot 208, pl. 18
With Geoffrey Turner, Galerij Ancient Art B. V., Amsterdam
Amsterdam private collection, acquired from the above on 24th January 1980
Literature
The Creusa Painter was originally named after the Creusa krater in the Louvre. He is the most prolific painter from the workshop of the Creusa with seventy-five vases attributed to his hand.
The Creusa Painter’s work shows a very strong Amykan influence in the way that he too prefers two-three figure compositions. He painted a variety of subjects favouring Dionysiac themes or genre scenes, especially with warriors and athletes.