Skyphos with a Jumper by the Brygos Painter in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, January 2018

Drinking cup (skyphos) depicting jumpers
the Brygos Painter
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 480 B.C.

Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure

Dimensions : Height: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Diameter without Handles: 17.8 cm (7 in.)

Credit Line: Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution

Accession Number: 10.176

Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome

Classifications: Vessels

Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 018.

Description:
Side A: Nude pentathlete holding jumping weights (halteres) prepares to jump. Two javelins in background. A trainer stands before him holding a switch to point out fouls. Behind the jumper is a small boy holding a staff and the athlete's sponge and oil flask.

Side B: A jumper, at right holding halteres (facing left), taking his position. Before him a beardless trainer leans on a staff. Two javelins in background.

Provenance: By 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought from a Greek in 1901 in the Spring. From Greece); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)

Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/153875/drinking-cup-skyphos-depicting-jumpers