53 3cm amphora type a function.
Attic bilingual amphora.
His himation folded across his leg is adding to the difficulty of the challenge.
On the belly amphora by the andokides painter munich 2301 eye cups usually feature a black figure image on the interior and red figure motifs on the external.
Much patterning and some incision as in black figure.
He is trying to balance an amphora with a pointed bottom on his raised foot.
The lysippides painter was an attic vase painter in the black figure style.
The hero wears a lion skin.
Several details regarding the artistic biography of the andokides painter have been suggested through connoisseurial studies of his work.
The ivy wreaths on his head and round the neck of the amphora add to the festive mood of the scene.
Red figure no relief lines dilute brown lines or washes.
Heracles kneeling before the gates of hades chains the two headed guard dog cerberus.
Munich staatliche antikensammlungen 2301.
Storage and display technique.
Side a of an attic red figure bilingual amphora painted by andokides ca.
520 b c from vulci.
Ca 520 510 b c.
He is accompanied in his labour by the goddess athena not shown.
Attic red figure andokides painter bilingual amphora view larger image museum.
Bilingual vase painting was almost entirely restricted to belly amphorae of type b and to eye cups in some cases either side of an amphora bore a depiction of the same motif one in black figure the other in red figure e g.
Boston museum of fine arts size.
Staatliche antikensammlung munich inv.