Athenian black-figure amphora
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Athenian black-figure amphora: Achilles killing Penthesileia

Athenian black-figure amphora by Exekias

Classification
amphora; black-figure pottery
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 58.4 cm
Date
ca. 540–530 B.C.
Period
Archaic Period (700–480)
Material
clay
Artist
Exekias
Iconography
Dionysiac scene; Dionysos; maenad; satyr / satyros; chiton; mantle; ribbon; snake; kantharos; ivy leaf; leavetaking of warrior; quadriga; helmet; shield; spear; male figure; female figure; belt; charioteer; horse; lotus palmette
Production place
Athens
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Fejérváry–Pulszky Collection; Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts
Inventory
50.189
ID
Hyp-30
References
Bothmer, in BullMusHong 31 (1968), 17–25, 105–108; Beazley 1971, no. 61; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 34, fig. 19; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 38–39, fig. 19
Trails
Greek art in motion from the Geometric to the Classical period
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