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Black-Figure Amphora Depicting Theseus Slaying the Minotaur and the Gods Departing for Olympus

Black-Figure Amphora Depicting Theseus Slaying the Minotaur and the Gods Departing for Olympus

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Black-Figure Amphora Depicting Theseus Slaying the Minotaur and the Gods Departing for Olympus
CultureGreek (Attic)
Titles
  • Black-Figure Amphora Depicting Theseus Slaying the Minotaur and the Gods Departing for Olympus
Date530–510 BC
Made inGreece
MediumTerracotta
Dimensions17 × 11 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long in honor of his wife, Cornelia, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at "One Great Night in November, 2010"
Object number2010.1856
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
On view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Segredakis Gallery, Paris]; purchased by André Matton (1914–2012), Yonne, France, and London, 1965–2010; [Arielle P. Kozloff, Inc., Cleveland, 2010]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.

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