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

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ArtistAttributed to the Antimenes Painter (Greek (Attic), active c. 530–510 BC)Greek (Attic), active c. 530–510 BC

CultureGreek (Attic)

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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

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CERAMICS

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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