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Attic Black-Figure Kyathos
Attic Black-Figure Kyathos
Black-figure
Leafless Group, Caylus Painter
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about 500 B.C.
Amazonomachy between eyes. Herakles advances to the right, wearing his lionskin and carrying a Boeotian shield. On either side, an Amazon moving to the right, looking back. They carry hoplite shields decorated with circles.
Technique
Black-figure
Date
about 500 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Leafless Group, Caylus Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
76.AE.94
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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)