AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
A: HERAKLES AND THE LION, ATHENA, IOLAOS | B: AJAX AND ACHILLES PLAYING, BOEOTIAN SHIELDS
Provenance
3 recorded events
Discovery
c. 1830s
Etruria, Italy
Found in Etruria; precise findspot not recorded.
Purchase
c. 1840s
Samuel Woodburn
London, England
Through the London antiquities trade. Woodburn was a prominent dealer in works of art.
Purchase
c. 1840s
British Museum
London, England
Acquired by the British Museum.
British Museum acquisition records
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)