Storage Jar

between 510 and 500 BCE

Micali Painter Etruscan, active late 6th/early 5th century BCE

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Ancient Greek and Roman, Level 2, South Wing

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This large storage jar, decorated with motifs connected with death, was probably intended as a tomb offering. The principal scene is of five female figures in swift rhythmic motion. Four of the figures are winged and may represent demons of death pursuing a mortal woman. The lively energy of the silhouetted women is clearly shown in the arms, legs, and flying hair. The incised white lines within the figures bring elegance to flowing skirts and patterned wings.

Title Storage Jar

Artwork Date between 510 and 500 BCE

Artist Micali Painter

Life Dates active late 6th/early 5th century BCE

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Etruscan

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Medium Clay, painted and incised

Dimensions Overall: 17 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (45.4 × 27.6 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department Greco-Roman and Ancient European

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 27.281

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(Amedio Canessa);
1927-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Teitz, R.S. Masterpieces of Etruscan Art. Exh. cat., Worcester Art Museum. April 21-June 18, 1967, p. 33, no. 18. [as close to Micali Painter, as described by Beazley].

Spivey, N.J. The Micali Painter and his Followers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987, pp. 11-12, no. 47 [typical product of the Micali Painter's "Middle I" phase, 510/500 BCE].

Henshaw, Julia P., ed. A Visitors Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit 1995), p. 114 (ill.).

Caccioli, D. A. The Villanovan, Etruscan and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts. In Monumenta Graeca et Romana, vol. 14, Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2009, cat. no. 111, pp. 192-5, (ill.) pl. 119-121.

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