Image: Euphronios ARV 16 17 young rider - Herakles and Geryoneus (06)
Description: object type / vase shape: attic red figure cup type B - description interior: young rider wearing petasos and short mantle - exterior side A: Herakles fighting the three-bodied Geryone(u)s, the shepherd Eurytion and the dog Orthros are already dead, shot by Herakles´ arrows, Iolaos and Athena stand behind Herakles, a woman (the mother of Geryoneus?) stands behind Geryoneus with a gesture of mourning - side B: 4 hoplites leading (Geryoneus´?) herd of cattle; name inscriptions - production place: Athens - potter: Kachrylion ("Chachrylion") (signed on the foot) - painter: Euphronios (signed on the foot) - period / date: late archaic, ca. 510 BC - material: pottery (clay) - height: 15,9 cm; diameter rim: 42,8 cm - findspot: Vulci - museum / inventory number: München, Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2620 / 8704 - bibliography: John D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford 1963(2), 16, 17 Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer and others, catalogue to the special exhibition (Berlin 1991 ) „Euphronios. Der Maler“, Milano 1991, cat. 41 - Please note: The above museum permits photography of its exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes. If you intend to use the photo for any commercial aime, please contact the museum and ask for permission.
Title: Euphronios ARV 16 17 young rider - Herakles and Geryoneus (06)
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