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Syriskos: Psykter with Athlete and Servant Boy and Youth and a Dog   (  )
Artist	Syriskos       Alternative names Syriskos painter; Kopenhagen Painter; Syriskos Painter; Syriscus Description Greek Attic vase-painter and red-figure vase painter Date of birth 6th century BC date QS:P,-550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7   Work period between circa 500 and circa 475 BC Authority file : Q20825876 artist QS:P170,Q20825876
Title	Psykter with Athlete and Servant Boy and Youth and a Dog
Description	English: This red-figure psykter depicts an athlete and a servant boy on the front. On the left remains the left hand and lower arm of a servant holding a bag (possibly leather) by a strap. On the right a bearded male athlete in profile to the left hunches over infibulating himself; his attention is focused on the bag held by the boy. On the back are a youth and a boy (possibly courting) a dog. On the left a mantled youth with fillet leans forward on a staff. He holds both arms out and far apart, gesturing to the boy on the right. A dog (Laconian hound) sits on the ground to the right before the youth. The boy, who wears a mantle and fillet, stands attentively in profile to the left. The scene on the front is unusual. The bag held by the youth is probably of leather and may be either a small punching bag ("korukos") or simply a vessel for liquid. Leather bags were used for holding oil. The scene on the back is similar to others by the Syriskos Painter. The pose of the youth's hand is that often used by men about to or in the process of fondling their lover's genitals. This suggests a possible identification as a courting scene. The psykter comes from the Tomb of the Leopards in Tarquinia which was excavated by the Marzi brothers in 1875.
Date	circa 480 BC (Classical)
Medium	terracotta medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions	height: 23.4 cm (9.2 in); width: 20.6 cm (8.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,23.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,20.6U174728 (h. x max. diam.); at mout height: 7.6 cm (2.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,7.6U174728 (diam.); at foot: 11.3 cm (4.4 in) (diam.)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	48.77
Place of creation	Attica, Greece
Object history	Marzi Brothers, 1875, by deposition Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [cat. no. 196] 1902: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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