Amphora (jar) with Herakles fighting two Amazons
Place made:Greece
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 500 B.C.
Dimensions:
height: 16 15/16 in. (43 cm)
diameter of lid: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.43.a-b
Provenance: sold, Sotheby's London, July 11, 1983, lot 316 to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Published References
Sotheby's London, 11-12 July 1983, lot 316
H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picon, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995), pp. 112-3, no. 55
Label Text
Side A: Herakles and Amazons
Side B: Two mounted Amazons
One of Herakles’ Labors was to bring Eurystheus the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, a race of female warriors. This vase shows Hippolyta mortally wounded and falling to her knees as Herakles attacks another Amazon with his sword. The discoloration of this side of the vase is the result of misfiring.
(Jessica Powers 2008)
Side B: Two mounted Amazons
One of Herakles’ Labors was to bring Eurystheus the girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, a race of female warriors. This vase shows Hippolyta mortally wounded and falling to her knees as Herakles attacks another Amazon with his sword. The discoloration of this side of the vase is the result of misfiring.
(Jessica Powers 2008)
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