Red-figured Amphora (two handled vessel) with Herakles, Amazons and Warriors
Datelate 4th century B.C.
Object number51.25
ProvenanceCollection of Bashford Dean, by 1946; [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Oct. 26, 1950, sale no. 1186, lot no. 209, p. 42 (as Apulian Red-Figured Pottery Amphora Loutrophoros)]; purchased at auction by [David Benzarian, New York]; sold to Seattle Art Musum, Seattle, Washington, 1951
Exhibition HistoryEugene, Oregon, University of Oregon Museum of Art, The Labors of Herakles in West Coast Collections, May 22 - June 13, 1976. Cat. no. 10 (as Apulian red-figure amphora; object number listed as 20.13).Published ReferencesSchauenburg, K. "Der Gürtel der Hippolyte." Philologus 104 (1960): reproduced pl. 6.
Brommer, Frank. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage. Marburg, 1973; p. 24, no. D14.
Carpenter, Thomas H. Art and Myth in Ancient Greece. London: Thames and Hudson, 1991.
Credit LineClarence A. Black Memorial Collection
Dimensions38 in. (96.5 cm)
Diam.: 51 in.
MediumCeramic
Greek, Attica
540 - 520 B.C.
Object number: 70.103
Greek
ca. 500 B.C.
Object number: 52.118
Greek, Attica
ca. 525 - 500 B.C.
Object number: 63.119
Greek, Attica
ca. 530 B.C.
Object number: 82.83
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