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United States of America -- Free-Press-Release.com-- Jul 13, 2010 -- LARGE ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA WITH THE APOTHEOSIS OF HERAKLES

ATTRIBUTED TO THE ANTIMENES PAINTER OR HIS MANNER
CIRCA 520-510 B.C.
MEASUREMENT: height 23 1/2" 59.5 cm.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, 1971

Beautiful and large Attic Black-figured amphora with foot in two degrees, decorated in front with Athena stepping into her quadriga and holding a spear, Herakles holding a club and bow, Dionysos holding vine branches, and Hermes leading the team, and on the back with Apollo kitharoidos accompanied by a feline and flanked on either side by a goddess and satyr, inscriptions in the field, a palmette-and-lotus chain above each scene, rays above the foot, ivy on the sides of the handles, the details in added red and white.

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES:
Christie's, London, Faces from the Ancient World: A European Private Collection, April 20th, 2005, no. 90, illus.

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SAMUEL MERRIN, owner THE MERRIN GALLERY, Inc. Specializes in museum quality works of art from ancient Greece, Rome, Near East, Egypt, Mesoamerica and South America. The Merrin Gallery Inc. is recognized by international museums and collectors as being the top gallery in PreColumbian and South American art and being among the top few galleries in antiquities.


SAMUEL MERRIN has been instrumental in creating many major collections in America and Europe. SAM MERRIN's Clients include some of the leading museums of the world, including the Metropolitban Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Sackler Art Museum at Harvard University, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Newark Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, as well as the British Museum, the Louvre, Egyptian Museum in Berlin, The Staatliches Museum Agyptischer Kunst in Munich, The Barbier-Muller Museum in Geneva Switzerland, and other museums in Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and Spain.


SAMUEL MERRIN established The MERRIN GALLERY in 1999. While formally incorporated that year, it is a second generation Ancient Art business founded by Edward H. Merrin in the mid 1960’s, when he started dealing in PreColumbian art, becoming an expert in this field. SAMUEL MERRIN is an authority on PreColumbian and ancient art from eastern Mediterranean cultures He is often asked and gives appraisals for indemnifying major PreColumbian and antiquities exhibitions for U.S. museums, and authenticated works for auction houses, dealers, and leading museums. Edward Merrin's son, SAMUEL formally took over the business in 1999, has beBen involved with ancient art his entire life. As a child he frequently visited his father’s gallery and worked there during many summer vacations. Samuel was fascinated by the beauty and history of the objects he handled. After receiving a BA from Tufts University, he worked at The Cloisters Museum and interned at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, both in New York.


SAMUEL MERRIN is a recognized expert in the authenticity and value of ancient art from antiquities to PreColumbian art, appraising ancient objects for I.A.A.A.T.A., various clients, and institutions. Samuel coordinated several major exhibitions, and published accompanying catalogues of objects for sale. SAMUEL MERRIN has often been quoted as an expert in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and many art magazines as well as on live television.


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links:

Edward Merrin and Samuel Merrin: 1990 major Cycladic art exhibit at the Merrin Gallery: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/25/arts/antiques-stark-cycladic-figures-haunt-contemporary-collectors.html

SAMUEL MERRIN:Hail the Comeback King: http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/hail-comeback-king?page=1

Samuel Merrin: King Tut Exhibit Opens in New York Times Square: http://www.modernegypt.info/online-newsroom/egypt-news-archive/king-tut-exhibit-opens-in-new-yorks-times-square/

Samuel Merrin: Antiques Industry Courts Elusive Young Collectors, The Wall Street Journal: http://www.realestatejournal.com/homegarden/20010205-peers.html Antiques; Bold Textiles Capture the World of Ancient Peru. Review by The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/22/arts/antiques-bold-textiles-capture-the-world-of-ancient-peru.html

SAMUEL MERRIN: Senior citizens pursuing education from home: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-21-705673545_x.htm From China

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