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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Amphora (jar) with Aeneas fleeing Troy

San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
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Amphora (jar) with Aeneas fleeing Troy

Place made:Greece
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 510-500 BC
Dimensions:
height: 17 9/16 in. (44.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.47
Provenance: sold by Michael Waltz, Hermes Antiken-Antiquitäten, Munich, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1984; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Published References H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picon, G.D. Scott, III, ed., “Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art” (San Antonio, 1995) pp. 110-2, no. 54
Label Text
Side A: Aeneas and Anchises fleeing Troy
Side B: Two warriors fighting

The scene on this amphora occurred at the end of the Trojan War: the Trojan hero Aeneas is depicted fleeing the burning city of Troy with his father Anchises on his back. A woman, presumably Aeneas’s wife, Creusa, precedes them, while a Scythian archer crouches behind Aeneas. (Jessica Powers, 2008)
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