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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Trojan War
1. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Aeneas’ escape with old-aged Anchises from Troy.
Image on the attic vase (lekythos) from Gela.
5th century BCE.
Museum of Archaeology.
2. TOREUTICS.
Shield of Achilles.
Silver.
By Rundle and Bridge, after a design by Stothard, for George the IV (1820—1830).
3. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles puts on the armour forged by Hephaestus.
Peleus the father of Achilles, Achilles, Thetis the mother of Achilles, his son Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus) are represented.
Black-figure dish.
Clay.
Inv. No. 507.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
4. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles bandages Patroklos’ arm.
Red-figure kylix. Attic.
Attributed to Sosias as Potter by signature; to “Sosias Painter” by Beazley / “Berlin Painter” by Robertson as painter.
Clay. Ca. 500 BCE.
Inv. No. F 2278.
Berlin, State Museums, Old Museum.
5. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hypnos and Thanatos carry the corpse of Sarpedon at the presence of Hermes.
Red-figure calyx-krater (side A). Attic.
Signed by Euxitheos as potter and by Euphronios as painter.
Terracotta.
Ca. 515—510 BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex 1972.11.10 / ex L.2006.10.
Cerveteri, Cerite National Museum “Claudia Ruspoli”.
6. CERAMICS. Greece.
Red figure crater with stand. Body, side A. 350 BCE.
Scene of the fall of Troy.
Ferrara, National Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Front relief of an etruscan cinerary urn “Menelaus and Meriones lifting Patroclus’ corpse on a cart”.
Alabaster.
Volterra, 2nd cent. BCE.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
8. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
9. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
10. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Krater with sculptured bas-relief decorations known as the Medici Vase.
Neo-attic work.
Pentelic marble.
Second half of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 307.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Krater with sculptured bas-relief decorations known as the Medici Vase.
Neo-attic work.
Pentelic marble.
Second half of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 307.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Krater with sculptured bas-relief decorations known as the Medici Vase (close-up).
Neo-attic work.
Pentelic marble.
Second half of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 307.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Krater with sculptured bas-relief decorations known as the Medici Vase.
Neo-attic work.
Pentelic marble.
Second half of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 307.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Krater with sculptured bas-relief decorations known as the Medici Vase.
Neo-attic work.
Pentelic marble.
Second half of the 1st cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 307.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
16. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Slaughter of Iphigenia.
Red-figured volute krater. Apulia.
Ca. 370—350 BCE.
Attributed to a painter close to the Iliupersis Painter (the sack of Troy).
Inv. No. 1865,0103.21.
London, British Museum.
17. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left; Ajax on the right, between them stands Athena.)
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Leagros Group Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 86.AE.81.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
18. CERAMICS. Greece.
Tekmessa covering the corpse of Ajax.
Red-figured kylix (type B). Attic.
Attributed to Brygos Painter (active about 490—470 BCE).
Terracotta.
490—480 BCE.
Inv. No. 86.AE.286.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
19. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles killing Penthesilea.
Red-figure kylix. Attic.
Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter.
Clay.
Early Classical period, ca. 470—460 BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2688 / J 370.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
20. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles killing Penthesilea.
Red-figure kylix. Attic.
Attributed to “Penthesilea Painter”.
Clay.
Early Classical period, ca. 470—460 BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2688 / J 370.
Munich, State Antique Collection.