Ancient Greece at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has a fine collection of Ancient Greek art. Here are just a few examples.

Shield
Greece, Archaic period

Wine cup (kantharos) in the form of two male heads, attributed to Osborne House Painter
Samos, Late Archaic period, about 550-500 B.C.

Pitcher (oinochoe) in the Wild Goat style, with bands of flowers, animals, and birds
Rhodes, Orientalizing period, late 7th century B.C.
Ceramic

Griffin protome (forepart) from a cauldron
Samos, Orientalizing period, about 600 B.C.

The Euergides Painter, Fragment of a cup (kylix) with a youth washing

Greece (Athens). Probably found at Tarquinia, Italy

Archaic period, about 510-500 B.C. 

Animals

Kore figures

Barber, Greece (Boiotia), Late Archaic period, about 500-475 B.C. 

Satyrs

An oil flask (lekythos) and two amphorae by the Pan Painter

Douris, Drinking cup with a nude youth washing at a basin
Inscription:  "Hippodamas is handsome"
Greece (Athens), Classical period, about 480 B.C.
Said to have been found in Orvieto, Italy

Douris, Woman washing her hands
Greece (Athens). Said to have been found at Falerii, Italy
Early Classical period, about 470 B.C.
Ceramic; red-figure technique

The Brygos Painter, Fragment of a cup (kylix) with Apollo
Greece (Athens). Probably found in Italy
Early Classical period, about 480-470 B.C.
Ceramic; red-figure technique

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