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Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles and the Nemean Lion (obverse) and Dionysos and maenads dancing (reverse)
Related to: the Antimenes Painter
Greek
Archaic Period
about 520–510 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 37.4 cm (14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Gold Appleton
Accession Number76.41
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 44.
DescriptionSide A: Herakles and Nemean Lion.
Side B: Dionysos between four maenads
Side B: Dionysos between four maenads
ProvenanceBy 1876: Thomas G. Appleton Collection (purchased from Alessandro Castellani and said to be from Capua and to have been bought from the Cav. Visconti, 1836); gift of Thomas G. Appleton to MFA 1876