Washing Painter
Loutrophoros with Wedding Ceremony

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ArtistAttributed to the Washing PainterGreek (Attic)

CultureGreek (Attic)

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Loutrophoros with Wedding Ceremony

Date425–420 BC

MediumTerracotta with slip

Dimensionsheight × diameter: 12 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (32.7 × 12.4 cm.)
diameter at base: 3 5/16 inches (8.4 cm.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan

Object number37.12

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Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens, by 1935]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, 1935–1937; given to MFAH, 1937.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

"Pandora's Box: Women in Classical Greece," at The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Nov. 5, 1995–Jan. 7, 1996; Dallas Museum of Art, Feb. 4–Mar. 31, 1996; Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Apr. 28–June 23, 1996 (LN: 95.11).

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