Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
Herakles and the Nemean Lion
In the combat between Herakles and the Nemean Lion depicted here, the protagonists are locked together horizontally rather than confronting each other vertically. The distinction is of chronological import, as the horizontal scheme is the later one, becoming popular during the third quarter of the sixth century B.C.
In the combat between Herakles and the Nemean Lion depicted here, the protagonists are locked together horizontally rather than confronting each other vertically. The distinction is of chronological import, as the horizontal scheme is the later one, becoming popular during the third quarter of the sixth century B.C.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
- Artist: Attributed to the Painter of the Vienna Stamnos 318
- Period: Archaic
- Date: late 6th–early 5th century BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H.: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
- Object Number: 10.210.10
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Painter of the Vienna Stamnos 318
late 6th century BCE
Greek, Attic
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
Greek, Attic
mid-4th century BCE
Tondo Group
ca. 325–300 BCE
Restituted
Etruscan
late 6th century BCE
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