Dinos in the Manner of the Dinos Painter in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, January 2018

Bowl (dinos) depicting athletes training
Manner of the Dinos Painter
Greek
Classical Period
about 430–420 B.C.

Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure

Dimensions: Overall: 21.5 x 30 x 21.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Diameter: 27.7cm (10 7/8in.)

Credit Line: Catharine Page Perkins Fund

Accession Number: 96.720

Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome

Classifications: Vessels

Description: Nude youths practice the javelin, boxing, long jump, and the discus throw. Two trainers wearing mantles and holding sticks observe them. A musician, playing a double-pipe (aulos) and wearing a sleeveless patterned tunic over a long-sleeved, similarly-patterned tunic, provides a rhythm for a javelin thrower. A cheek-strap (phorbeia) supports his instrument. Behind the musician, a starting post is painted white, probably to indicate stone.

[Label text]:
A group of eleven youths train for athletic activities on the side of this dinos, while another youth plays the double-flute.

Provenance: By date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: "Can be traced to Athens."); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, October 1896


Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/153889/bowl-dinos-depicting-athletes-training