Oinochoe (Pitcher) by Ancient Etruscan
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain

Oinochoe (Pitcher)

Ancient Etruscan · 550-500 BCE

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Said to be found in Chimsi, 1880 [Old Register at the Art Institute of Chicago]. Augusto Mele, Naples, Italy; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago through J.C. Fletcher as agent, 1889; price reimbursed by Charles Hutchinson and Philip D. Armour, 1889.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • The Art Institute of Chicago, 1889: The First Year of the Classical Collections, Gallery 101A, October 2, 1989 - January 15, 1990.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, November 11, 2012 - present.

Literature

Published references

  • William M.R. French, Notes [on a] journey to Europe with Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Hutchinson starting from New York Sat'y Mch. 9, 1889- , (unpublished manuscript, Art Institute of Chicago Archives), p. 27.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Preliminary Catalogue of Metal Work, Graeco-Italian Vases, and Antiquities, December 9, 1889 (Chicago: Early and Halla Printing Company, 1889), p. 41, no. 339.
  • Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 18.

Comparables

Related holdings by the same hand

Museum holdings, not sale records. Auction results are only shown when a licensed price source is connected.

Research assistant

Ask about this record