TheAineta aryballos is an Ancient Greekaryballos (a small, spherical flask or vase), made between approximately 625 and 570 BCE in the city ofCorinth in southern Greece. Approximately 6.35 centimetres (2.50 in) in both height and diameter, it was intended to contain perfumed oil orunguent, and is likely to have been owned by a high-class courtesan (hetaira) by the name of Aineta. The vase's illegal sale to theBritish Museum in 1865 led to the prosecution of its seller, the Athenian professor and art dealerAthanasios Rhousopoulos, and exposed his widespread involvement in antiquities crime. The vase is inscribed with a portrait, probably that of Aineta, who is named in the inscription on the vase. The aryballos is likely to have been found in a grave, probably that of Aineta. In 1877, Rhousopoulos was fined for selling the vase in contravention of Greek law. The case represented a relatively rare successful use of state power against the illegal trade in Ancient Greek artefacts. (Full article...)
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 | TheChandos portrait is the most famous of theportraits that are believed to depictWilliam Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616). Painted between 1600 and 1610, it may have served as the basis for the engraved portrait of Shakespeare used in hisFirst Folio in 1623.John Taylor (c. 1580–1653) is thought by several scholars to have painted the portrait. It is named for the3rd Duke of Chandos, who formerly owned the painting. The portrait was given to theNational Portrait Gallery, London, on its foundation in 1856, and it is listed as the first work in its collection. Painting credit:John Taylor; image retouched byDcoetzee Recently featured: |
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