Orestes kills Aegisthus
(On the left Chrysothemis).
Red-figure pelike. Detail. Attic.
By the Berlin Painter.
Clay. Ca. 500 BCE.
Inv. No. IV 3725.Vienna, Museum of Art History

Orestes kills Aegisthus.

(On the left Chrysothemis).
Red-figure pelike. Detail. Attic.
By the Berlin Painter.
Clay. Ca. 500 BCE.
Inv. No. IV 3725.

Vienna, Museum of Art History
(Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum).

Credits:
© 2006. Photo, text: A Brief Guide to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Edited by Wilfried Seipel. Vol. 4. Masterpieces in the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Kunsthistorisches Museum. SKIRA, 2006, p. 106, cat. 40.
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