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Jar (stamnos) with Herakles striking Linos

Jar (stamnos) with Herakles striking Linos

Red-figure the Tyszkiewicz Painter · Stamnos · about 480 B.C.
Side A: Linos sinks into chair, holding lyre with left hand and with right tries to fend off Herakles who is about to strike him again with footstool. A music case hangs in background. Dilute glaze for musculature and added red for lyre details, case and Linos' wounded head. Side B. Komos scene. One youth plays the double flute while the other leans on a gnarled stick and carries a full wineskin. Broken and repaired.
Shape
Stamnos
Technique
Red-figure
Period
Late Archaic Period
Date
about 480 B.C.
Culture
Greek
Painter
the Tyszkiewicz Painter
Medium
Ceramic, Red Figure
Findspot
Greece, Attica, Athens
Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number
66.206
Image Source
boston_mfa

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