French private collection (reputedly the Compte de Pourtales, 1863-1949); thence to Krimitsas Gallery, Paris; thence c. 1970s to private French collection (Michel Cohen); thence late 1970s to Galerie A La Reine Margot, Paris; thence September 2007 to Royal-Athena Galleries, New York City; thence to Dallas Museum of Art (accession date: December 29, 2011.

REASON FOR ACQUISITION AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE 1970 RULE:
Although this work has provenance established to c. the 1970s and with good probability back to at least the 1940s, the DMA has been unable to substantiate details due to the death of several previous owners. The DMA does not have many red-figure vases, and only two others are Attic examples. This vase depicts a less-known episode in the early life of Helen (later Helen of Troy), which forms a very suitable inclusion among the prominence of female figures depicted in the DMA’s collection of ancient Mediterranean art.

EXHIBITION HISTORY: DMA, December 2011 through the present.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: As of February 4, 2008, this krater was not listed with the Art Loss Register.