Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome

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1 OBJECT LIST Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome April 3 August 19, 2013 At the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa Introduction 1. Antefix (Roof Ornament) with a Head of Acheloös, about 480 Found in Agrigento, Sicily Museo Archeologico Regionale Pietro Griffo, Agrigento VEX Antefix (Roof Ornament) with a Head of Medusa, VEX Antefix (Roof Ornament) with a Head of Artemis Bendis, VEX Ring with a Maenad, Greek, made in Taras, South Italy Found in Avola, Sicily Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum, London VEX Snake Bracelet, Greek, made in Taras, South Italy Found in Avola, Sicily Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum, London VEX Snake Bracelet, Greek, made in Taras, South Italy Found in Avola, Sicily Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum, London VEX Coin with a Head of Arethousa and Herakles Wrestling the Nemean Lion, , minted in Found in Avola, Sicily Courtesy of The American Numismatic Society, New York VEX

2 Page 2 8. Coin with a Head of Arethousa and Herakles Wrestling the Nemean Lion, , minted in Found in Avola, Sicily, Courtesy of The American Numismatic Society, New York VEX Coin with a Male Head and a Prancing Horse, , minted in Found in Avola, Sicily Courtesy of The American Numismatic Society, New York VEX Coin with a Male Head and a Prancing Horse, , minted in Found in Avola, Sicily Courtesy of The American Numismatic Society, New York VEX Diadem with Dionysos and Ariadne, Found in Prizzi, Sicily and silver VEX Lidded Jar with Scenes of Women, Skyphoid pyxis attributed to the Falcone Painter Found in Falcone, Sicily and pigment VEX Cylindrical Box with a Female Figure Holding a Cornucopia and Child, Found in Morgantina, Sicily and gold Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aidone VEX Bowl, Found in Morgantina, Sicily and gold Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aidone VEX Relief Medallion with Scylla, Found in Morgantina, Sicily and gold Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aidone VEX Ladle, Found in Morgantina, Sicily Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aidone VEX Bowl with Comic Masks, Found in Morgantina, Sicily and gold Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aidone VEX Antefix (Roof Ornament) with a Head of a Silen, VEX

3 Page Antefix (Roof Ornament) with a Head of a Silen, VEX The Greeks in Sicily 20. Statue of a Youth (The Mozia Charioteer), Found in Mozia, Sicily Regione Siciliana, Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell'identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell'identità Siciliana. Servizio Parco archeologico e ambientale presso le isole dello Stagnone e delle aree archeologiche di Marsala e dei Comuni limitrofi Museo Archeologico Baglio Anselmi VEX Lion's Head Waterspout, Found in Himera, Sicily Limestone VEX Inscribed Helmet, before 474 Etruscan Found in Olympia, Greece Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum, London VEX Incense Burner Supported by Nike, and pigment 86.AD Fragmentary Bust of Athena, Found in Himera and pigment Antiquarium di Himera VEX Herald's Staff of, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Eigentum der Stiftung für die Hamburger Kunstsammlungen VEX Herald's Staff of Longane, Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum, London VEX Herald's Staff of Imachara, VEX Citizenship Inscription, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1924 VEX Coin with a Head of Silenos and Zeus Enthroned, , minted in Aitna attributed to the Aitna Master VEX

4 Page Coin with a Head of Dionysos and Silenos, about 460, minted in Naxos attributed to the Aitna Master VEX Female Head, Found in Selinunte, Sicily VEX Tail of a Horse, Found in Selinunte, Sicily VEX Relief with a Four Horse Charioteer, Greek, made in Athens VEX Fragment of a Funerary Relief with a Male Head, Found in Pachino, Sicily VEX Fragment of a Funerary Relief with a Head of a Helmeted Warrior, Found in Camarina, Sicily VEX Prize Vessel with a Four-Horse Chariot Race and Athena, Greek, made in Athens Panathenaic amphora attributed to the Kleophrades Painter Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1907 VEX Discus with Athletic Figures, Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum, London VEX Coin with a Quadriga and Eagles Devouring a Hare, , minted in Akragas VEX Coin with a Mule Cart and a Hare, , minted in Messana VEX

5 Page Coin with a Head of Apollo and a Quadriga, , minted in Katane signed by Choirion VEX Coin with a Laureate Head of Apollo and a Quadriga, 410, minted in Katane signed by Herakleidas VEX Coin with a Laureate Head of Apollo and a Quadriga, , minted in Katane signed by Herakleidas VEX Coin with a Female Charioteer and a Head of Athena, before 405, minted in signed by Eukleidas VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, , minted in signed by Eu [ ] and Eukleidas VEX Coin with a Head of Arethousa and a Quadriga, before 405, minted in signed by Kimon VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, , minted in Decadrachm signed by Kimon VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, B.C, minted in. Decadrachm signed by Kimon VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, , minted in Decadrachm signed by Euainetos VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, , minted in Decadrachm signed by Euainetos VEX

6 Page Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, , minted in signed by Euth [ ] and Eumenes VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, , minted in Decadrachm known as the Damareteion VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, B.C, minted in VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, before 405, minted in VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of Arethousa, , minted in VEX Coin with a Laureate Head of Apollo and a Biga, , minted in decadrachm VEX Litrai Coin with a Laureate Head of Apollo and a Head of Artemis, , minted in Electrum (silver and gold) VEX Coin with a Head of Persephone and Nike Erecting a Trophy, , minted in VEX Coin with a Head of Persephone and a Biga, , minted in decadrachm VEX Coin with a Head of Persephone and a Quadriga, , minted in Tridrachm VEX

7 Page Coin with a Head of Persephone and Athena, , minted in Octobol VEX Litrai Coin with a Head of Persephone and a Biga, , minted in VEX Coin with a Head of Artemis and Nike Carrying a Trophy, decadrachm VEX Coin with a Head of Athena and Nike Carrying a Trophy, , minted in Stater VEX Litrai Coin with a Head of Athena and Artemis, , minted in VEX Coin with a Dolphin and a Scallop Shell in an Incuse Square, about 500, minted in Zankle Drachm VEX Coin with Zeus Hurling a Thunderbolt and a Dolphin, 461, minted in Zankle-Messana VEX Coin with a Head of a Lion and a Laureate Head of Apollo, Greek, minted in Rhegion, South Italy VEX Coin with a Head of Dionysos and a Bunch of Grapes, , minted in Naxos Drachm VEX Coin with a Head of a Lion and a Head of a Calf, , minted in Messana VEX Coin with a Head of Dionysos and Silenos, about 460, minted in Naxos attributed to the Aitna Master VEX

8 Page Coin with a Laureate Head of Apollo and a Head of a Lion, about 440, minted in Leontinoi VEX Coin with a Horseman and the River God Gelas as a Man-Headed Bull, before 466, minted in Gela VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of the River God Gelas, , minted in Gela VEX Coin with an Eagle and a Crab, , minted in Akragas VEX Coin with Eagles Devouring a Hare and a Crab and Scylla, , minted in Akragas VEX Coin with a Quadriga and the Nymph Himera Making an Offering, , minted in Himera VEX Coin with a Selinon (Wild Parsley) Leaf and Incuse Square, , minted in Selinous Didrachm VEX Coin with a Selinon (Wild Parsley) Leaf and a Selinon Leaf in an Incuse Square, , minted in Selinous Didrachm VEX Coin with Herakles Fighting the Cretan Bull and the River God Hypsas Making an Offering, , minted in Selinous Didrachm VEX Coin with a Quadriga and the River God Selinous Making an Offering, , minted in Selinous VEX

9 Page Coin with a Hunting Dog and a Head of the Nymph Aigeste, Elymian (native Sicilian), minted in Segesta Didrachm VEX Coin with the Hero Aigestes and a Head of the Nymph Aigeste, Elymian (native Sicilian), minted in Segesta VEX Coin with a Quadriga and a Head of a Woman, Carthaginian, minted in Panormus VEX Coin with a Head of a Horse and a Date Palm, Carthaginian mint VEX Coin with a Head of a Woman Wearing an Eastern Headdress and a Lion, Carthaginian mint VEX Coin with a Head of a Woman and a Head of a Horse, Carthaginian mint VEX Coin with a Head of Persephone and Pegasus, about 264 B.C Carthaginian mint. Decadrachm Electrum (silver and gold) VEX Coin with a Head of Persephone and Pegasus, about 264 Carthaginian mint Decadrachm VEX Demeter and Herakles: Religion and Ritual 89. Offering Dish (Phiale Mesomphalos), Found near Caltavuturo, Sicily Antiquarium di Himera VEX Torso of a Kouros, Found in Lentini, Sicily VEX Head of a Youth (The Biscari Head), From Lentini, Sicily Museo Civico Castello Ursino, Catania VEX

10 Page Head of Hades, about 350 From Morgantina, Sicily and pigment 85.AD Head of a Goddess, B.C. and pigment, Gift of Dr. Max Gerchik 76.AD Relief with Demeter and Persephone, Found in Catania, Sicily Museo Civico Castello Ursino, Catania VEX Bust of a Goddess, Found in Grammichele, Sicily and pigment VEX Mixing Vessel with Demeter, Triptolemos, and Persephone, about 470 Greek, made in Athens Footed dinos attributed to the Syleus Painter 89.AE Bust of a Goddess, Found in Achradina,, Sicily and pigment VEX Disk with a Head of Medusa (Oscillum), and pigment 71.AD Lidded Wedding Vase (Lebes Gamikos), and pigment The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1953 VEX Lidded Wedding Vase (Lebes Gamikos), Found in Centuripe, Sicily, pigment, and gold Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche VEX Head of Apollo, about 350 Found in Agrigento, Sicily Museo Archeologico Regionale Pietro Griffo, Agrigento VEX Statuette of Herakles, Found in Modica, Sicily Parco Archeologico di Cava d Ispica, on deposit at the Museo Civico F. L. Belgiorno, Modica VEX

11 Page Mirror with Herakles Combating an Amazon, Greek, made in South Italy VEX Inscribed Disk (Oscillum), VEX Statuette of a Woman with a Child, AD Statuette of a Woman with a Child, AD Statuette of Demeter, and pigment VEX Jug with Seeds, VEX Statuette of a Pig, and pigment, Gift of David Collins 78.AD Inscribed Altar, Found in Agrigento, Sicily Museo Archeologico Regionale Pietro Griffo, Agrigento VEX Statuette of Hades, Found in Morgantina, Sicily Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aidone VEX Statuette of Herakles, Found in, Sicily and pigment VEX Archimedes Litrai Coin with a Head of Hieron II and a Quadriga, , minted in VEX Litrai Coin with a Head of Queen Philistis and a Quadriga, , minted in VEX

12 Page Leaf from the Archimedes Palimpsest, A.D Original text: Archimedes Method, Constantinople (?) Overwritten text: Euchologion, Jerusalem (A.D ) Ink on parchment Private Collection, on deposit at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland VEX Literature and Theater in Sicily 116. Oil Jar with Aeneas and Anchises, Greek, made in Athens Lekythos attributed to the Brygos Painter VEX Mixing Vessel Fragment with Scylla, Greek, made in Apulia, South Italy Krater fragment attributed to the Black Fury Group 86.AE Altar Fragment with Scylla, about 410 Found in Himera, Sicily Antiquarium di Himera VEX Statuette of Odysseus under a Ram, , Gift of Lee Rizzuto 79.AD Storage Jar with Odysseus under a Ram, Greek, made in Athens Pelike attributed to the Goettingen Painter Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Anonymous gift in memory of Lacey D. Caskey VEX Mixing Vessel with Odysseus under a Ram, Greek, made in Athens, Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman 96.AE Statue of Priapos, Found near, Sicily Limestone VEX Head of Polyphemos, about 150 Greek or Roman Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase with funds donated in honor of Edward W. Forbes VEX Statuette of a Ram Bearer, Found in Gela VEX Appliqué of a Satyr, Ivory The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland VEX

13 Page Relief with Three Nymphs, about 230 Found in Camaro, Sicily Limestone VEX Mixing Vessel with Dionysos and Performers, Calyx krater attributed to the Group of Louvre K240 VEX Statuette of an African Performer, Found in Ortygia,, Sicily and pigment VEX Statuette of an African Performer, Found in Ortygia,, Sicily and pigment VEX Statuette of an African Performer, Found in Ortygia,, Sicily and pigment VEX Portrait Mask of Menander, and pigment VEX Comic Mask of an African Woman, VEX Comic Mask of an Old Woman, VEX Comic Mask of an African Man, about 350 Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum, London VEX Comic Mask of a Satyr, and pigment, Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman 96.AD.305

14 Page Comic Mask of Herakles, and pigment VEX Comic Mask of Hades, and pigment VEX Mixing Vessel with Medea and Jason, Calyx krater attributed to the Hekate Painter VEX Tragic Mask of a Woman, and pigment Museo Mandralisca, Cefalù VEX Comic Mask of a Woman, and pigment Museo Mandralisca, Cefalù VEX Museo Archeologico Regionale Pietro Griffo, Agrigento VEX Statuette of a Dancer Playing the Lyre, and pigment 73.AD Statuette of a Satyr Carrying a Wineskin, and pigment VEX Mixing Vessel with a Festive Procession, about 360 Calyx krater attributed to the Group of Louvre K AE Fish Plate, Found in Palermo, Sicily VEX Mixing Vessel with Perseus and Andromeda, Greek, made in Athens Found in Agrigento, Sicily Calyx krater attributed to the Phiale Painter