Volute Krater Depicting Herakles, a Lion, Combat and Spectators

ca. 525-500 BCE (Archaic)

52 cm 58.5 cm 43 cm

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Beneath the meander-adorned rim of this large volute krater is a band of figural decoration interrupted by the handles on each side. At the center of the scene on one side is a trio of warriors, each wearing a short chiton and a full panoply of armor. The central figure lunges...

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[Excavated, ""Foiano Tomb One"" at Foiano della Chiana, Tuscany, 1879]; Alfonso del Soldato, 1879, by excavation. Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, before 1897 [mode of acquisition unknown] [cat. no. 209]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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