Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Classical Art in the MFA, Boston

Diadem with a Hercules Knot, c. 200 to 150 BC

Oil flask (lekythos) with the hunter Kephalos and his dog, attributed to the Pan Painter, about 470 B.C. 

Bust of a bearded man, c. 170 AD

Mourner, Boeotia, c. 575 BC


Five litra-piece of Syracuse with head of Philistis, struck under Hieron II, 274–216 B.C.

Tiny gold plaque showing a woman-bee hybrid, c. 650 BC

Amphora showing a departing warrior, 5th century BC



Ring and oval bezel with two bulls flanking a tree Early Aegean, HelladicBronze Age, Late Helladic IIB–IIIA Periodabout 1600–1300 B.C.

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