Attributed to the andokides painter and lysippides painter.
Attic bilingual amphora.
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.
Ca 520 510 b c.
He is trying to balance an amphora with a pointed bottom on his raised foot.
Munich staatliche antikensammlungen 2301.
Side a of an attic red figure bilingual amphora painted by andokides ca.
Heracles kneeling before the gates of hades chains the two headed guard dog cerberus.
Bibliography cohen beth attic bilingual vases and their painters 1978.
Staatliche antikensammlung munich inv.
Several details regarding the artistic biography of the andokides painter have been suggested through connoisseurial studies of his work.
Much patterning and some incision as in black figure.
The ivy wreaths on his head and round the neck of the amphora add to the festive mood of the scene.
His himation folded across his leg is adding to the difficulty of the challenge.
Storage and display technique.
520 b c from vulci.
Herakles at the symposion.
Attic red figure andokides painter bilingual amphora view larger image museum.
53 3cm amphora type a function.
Red figure no relief lines dilute brown lines or washes.
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.
Boston museum of fine arts size.