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Moroccan Scene
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Department of Drawings
Gift of David Keppel.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of David Keppel
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Nestoris (two-handled jar) with Mythological Scenes
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Red-figured Lucanian Type II nestoris. Broad ring foot with mid-length stem. Body flares from stem, rounds up, and turns in sharply to form a relatively narrow, flat shoulder. Neck...
Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Theseus and Poseidon; Musician and Audience
Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Theseus and Poseidon; Musician and Audience
On one side: the Athenian hero Theseus visits his divine father Poseidon. Theseus’s mother was Aethra, and ancient sources sometimes consider him to be the son of her husband, Aege...
The goddess Calypso rescues Odysseus
The goddess Calypso rescues Odysseus
The subject is unusual and disputed. In Sluijter-Seiffert’s study of the artist, it is simply referred to as “Landscape with Nymph” and it has also been called “Scene from the scap...
Hydria (water jar): Priam Driving Forth
Hydria (water jar): Priam Driving Forth
The main scene on this hydria illustrates King Priam charging forth in a chariot to ransom for the body of Hector. King Priam is seated in the chariot and on his right is his chari...
Ceramic bowl
Ceramic bowl
This conical bowl with high foot ring and rounded sides conforms to a type of Moroccan vessel referred to as a mokhfia, which was used to serve couscous. On the interior, the des...
Tapiro's Nostalgia
Tapiro's Nostalgia
In the words of the artist: "This collection was designed after my investigation into my family’s Moroccan roots and its emigration to Israel . The inspiration for this collection ...