ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Artist
Group E
(Greek, active ca. 550 - 520 BCE)
Black-Figure Amphora with Herakles Fighting Geryon
AAT Object TechniqueBlack-figure
AAT Object Form/Functionamphorae (storage vessels)
CultureGreek, Attic
PeriodArchaic
Dateca. 540-530 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
DimensionsMaximum (A & B combined): 22 × 13 1/8 in. (55.9 × 33.3 cm)
A (Vessel): 16 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (42.9 × 33.3 cm)
B (Lid): 5 × 7 3/8 in. (12.7 × 18.7 cm)
Object number2011.011.001A/B
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2, 2013 - PresentPublished ReferencesChristie's New York (December 9, 2010), lot 102.
MCCM Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2011.
ProvenanceEx private collection, France, acquired late 19th - early 20th Century. Thence by descent. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, December 9, 2010, lot 102
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
ca. 470 BCE
ca. 470 BCE
Oakeshott Painter
ca. 540 BCE
late 6th Century BCE
