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Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)

Eros, God of Love

Eros, God of Love
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Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)

Attributed to the Alkimachos Painter

Period:: Classical
Date:: ca. 470–460 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) diameter 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.162.16

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

Obverse, combat between an Amazon and a Greek
Reverse, youth

The Amazons were famous horsewomen. It is interesting, therefore, that the device of the Greek warrior's shield consists of the hindquarters of a horse.
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Who
Alkimachos Painter (3)
What
Clay (23,658)

Vessels (21,925)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,374)

Amphorae (573)

Neck amphorae (284)
Where
Europe (150,115)

Greece (6,289)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,206)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,330)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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