D. António Maria Tovar De Lemos Pereira, diplomata e colecionador = D. António Maria Tovar de Lemos Pereira, diplomat and collector

Abstract

In this study we present two italiote vases acquired in the late 19th/early 20th century by the diplomat D. António Maria Tovar de Lemos Pereira, 1st Count of Tovar. The first specimen corresponds to an Apulian Red-Figure Bell-Krater made in Tarentum, dated between 365-350 BC, attributed to the Circle of the Vatican Painter's Group V14. The second vase is also an Apulian production and corresponds to a small italiote plain black olpe with an oval body and short neck. The study of the historical path of these two specimens allows us to gradually broaden our knowledge about the collection of Greek vases in Portugal in the 19th century, showing that the collections of antiquities were also relevant in Portugal in that century, as in other European countries.