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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting Herakles rescuing Deianeira from Nessos
Greek
Classical Period
about 420–410 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.); diameter: 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number00.345
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 172.
DescriptionInterior: The abduction of Deianeira from her husband Heracles by the centaur Nessos. Inscribed names accompany the figures (see inscription module).
Exterior: Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths Figures. Inscribed names accompany the figures (see inscription module).
This vase is an unsigned replica of the kylix 00.344. It has been attributed to the same potter and painter because of the comparable details of composition, style, and execution.
Exterior: Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths Figures. Inscribed names accompany the figures (see inscription module).
This vase is an unsigned replica of the kylix 00.344. It has been attributed to the same potter and painter because of the comparable details of composition, style, and execution.
InscriptionsInterior: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΣ, ΝΕΣΟΣ, ΔΕΙΑΝΕΙΡΑ
Exterior Side A:
middle group - ΠΕΡΙΘΟΣ,
Right hand group - ΘΗΣΕVΣ, ΝΕΩΝ
Left hand group - ΕVΡVΒΟΤΟΣ, ΚΡΕΘΕVΣ
Exterior Side B:
middle group - ΑΙΘΩΝ, ΠΟΛVΑΙΝΟΣ
Left hand group - ΑΝΤΙΝΟΜΟΣ ΑΣΜΕΤΟΣ
Right hand group - ΤΕΛΕΣ ΝΕΣΕVΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ
Exterior Side A:
middle group - ΠΕΡΙΘΟΣ,
Right hand group - ΘΗΣΕVΣ, ΝΕΩΝ
Left hand group - ΕVΡVΒΟΤΟΣ, ΚΡΕΘΕVΣ
Exterior Side B:
middle group - ΑΙΘΩΝ, ΠΟΛVΑΙΝΟΣ
Left hand group - ΑΝΤΙΝΟΜΟΣ ΑΣΜΕΤΟΣ
Right hand group - ΤΕΛΕΣ ΝΕΣΕVΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ
Provenance1878: first published by G. Körte in AZ, p. 114; according to L. D. Caskey and J. D. Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, III, nos. 171 and 172 [00.344 and 00.345] were from the collection of Count Bruschi at Tarquinia; by 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: It is said these two vases [00.344 and 00.345] were found in one tomb); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February 1900