AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
A: HERAKLES AND APOLLO, STRUGGLE FOR THE TRIPOD, ATHENA, ARTEMIS | B: ATHLETES WRESTLING, TRAINER, NECK AMPHORA | Under handle: HARE
Inscription
ANDOKIDES | Signature: ANDOKIDESEPOESEN
Provenance
4 recorded events
Excavation
1828–1829
Vulci, Etruria, Italy
Excavated at the Vulci necropolis.
Purchase
1829
Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino — Canino Collection
Part of the Canino collection.
Sale
c. 1830s
Eduard Gerhard
Rome, Italy
Purchased by Eduard Gerhard for the Berlin museums.
Purchase
c. 1831
Königliches Museum, Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Acquired for the Königliches Museum. A key document of the invention of red-figure technique.
Beazley, ARV², 4.9
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)