Red-figured Amphora (two handled vessel) with Herakles, Amazons and Warriors

late 4th century B.C.

Ceramic

38 in. (96.5 cm)

Diam.: 51 in.

Clarence A. Black Memorial Collection

51.25

Provenance: Collection 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

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

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.

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