Black figure amphora attributed to the Lysippides Painter
Greek (Attic), ca. 530 – 510 B.C.
Terracotta
H: 61.6 cm

Side A: Herakles’ apotheosis: the procession of Herakles to Mt. Olympus
Side B: Achilles at the left, and Memnon at the right, fight over the body of Antilochos in the presence of their mothers, Thetis and Eos

Provenance
Former US private collection, New York; Christie’s New York, June 11, 2003, Lot 102 ; Former US private collection

Published
Christie’s New York, June 11, 2003, pp. 91- 93, Lot 102;
Minerva, International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology 14.5, September-October 2003, p. 28, fig. 7;
Muth, S., Gewalt im Bild, Das Phänomen der medialen Gewalt im Athen des 6. und 5. Jahrhunderts vor Chr., Berlin, 2008, p. 183, fig. 100;
Beazley Archive (BA) no. 9022317

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