ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE LONG OVERFALLS CIRCA 370 B.C
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL-KRATER
attributed to the painter of the long overfalls circa 370 b.c
The A-Side with a young Herakles seated on an altar, his club in his left hand, quiver across his shoulder, a vessel in his right hand, facing a standing draped woman with a situla in her right hand and a thyrsus in her left; the B-Side with two draped youths, both with a staff in the right hand; a band of laurel below the rim, an owl below each handle (an unusual detail) between palmettes scrolls, a band of meander below, some details in added white on the A-Side, an ancient repair on the stem
10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm.) high
attributed to the painter of the long overfalls circa 370 b.c
The A-Side with a young Herakles seated on an altar, his club in his left hand, quiver across his shoulder, a vessel in his right hand, facing a standing draped woman with a situla in her right hand and a thyrsus in her left; the B-Side with two draped youths, both with a staff in the right hand; a band of laurel below the rim, an owl below each handle (an unusual detail) between palmettes scrolls, a band of meander below, some details in added white on the A-Side, an ancient repair on the stem
10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, part I, no. 4/110f.
Schauenberg, "Herakles und Eulen," RM, 1985, p.45, pl. 85-86,2-3.
Schauenberg, "Herakles und Eulen," RM, 1985, p.45, pl. 85-86,2-3.