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Black-Figure Cup (Kylix) with Boar Hunt

Attributed To The Allard Pierson Painter
Culture Greek
Title Black-Figure Cup (Kylix) with Boar Hunt
Date 560–530 BCE
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions Object: 4 15/16 × 10 1/4 in. (12.5 × 26 cm)
Overall: 4 15/16 × 10 1/4 in. (12.5 × 26 cm)
Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 75.103

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About this Work

This cup does not necessarily depict a story, but it is a vivid depiction of hunting activity. A boar is accentuated as a dangerous quarry by its dominant size and by the inclusion of a dead dog. The hunter is presented in action, as is the falcon flying above.


1975, Indiana University Art Museum purchase from Bank Leu AG, Zurich, Switzerland [1]

? –ca. 1975, Collection of Athos Moretti, Bellinzona, Switzerland [2]

Notes

[1] Bank Leu AG (Ltd) was a Swiss private bank from 1755-2007. In 1949, Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) was hired to manage the numismatic department within the bank, and, under his guidance, this branch of the bank became a successful auction house. Mildenberg continued as a managing director at Bank Leu until his retirement in 1983; he was also well-known as a scholar and philanthropist.

[2] Dr. Athos Moretti (1907-1993) lived in Milan, Italy, and Bellinzona, Switzerland. He was the general manager of the pharmaceutical company Maestretti in Milan (later merged with other major companies to form Sanofi Aventis). Moretti started collecting paintings in about 1940, and in the 1950s began collecting ancient Greek coins and other antiquities.

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