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An early photographer

An early photographer is a hydria in terracotta, made ca. 590–570 BCE by Painter of Athens 931. It is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, in the Greek and Roman Art collection, accession 38.11.8. It entered that collection as Fletcher Fund, 1938. It measures H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm). It is recorded as Greek, Corinthian.

Overview

What the sources state

• Accession number: 38.11.8 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Maker: Painter of Athens 931 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Acquired: Fletcher Fund, 1938 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Culture: Greek, Corinthian (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Made: ca. 590–570 BCE (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Collection: Greek and Roman Art (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Dimensions: H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Medium: Terracotta (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Object: Hydria (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Held by: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

• Title: Terracotta hydria (water jar) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer)

Sources

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  • Museum record · Institutional or primary · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record 253561, consulted for An early photographer

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