THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

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1. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Entrance to the villa.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco.
2. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Portico of the Lower Peristyle.
Mid-1st century CE.
Castellammare di Stabia, Villa San Marco, 20.
3. CERAMICS. Magna Graecia.
Nude Eros sitting on an altar.
Red-figure skyphoid pyxis. Sicilian work.
Attributed to the minor production if the “Gruppo Lentini Manfria”.
370—340 BCE.
Cefalu, Mandralisca Museum.
4. 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”.
5. CERAMICS. Greece.
Warriors arming (Hyperochos, Hippasos, Megon, Akastos, Achsippos).
Red-figure calyx-krater (side B). 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.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Antimenes Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 1837,0609.27.
London, British Museum.
7. CERAMICS. Greece.
Battle between Heracles and the Amazons.
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Antimenes Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 1837,0609.27.
London, British Museum.
8. CERAMICS. Greece.
Maidens wearing water from a spring.
Black-figured hydria. Attic.
Ca. 530—510 BCE.
Attributed to the Antimenes Painter.
Inv. No. 1843,1103.66.
London, British Museum.
9. CERAMICS. Greece.
Maidens wearing water from a spring.
Black-figured hydria. Attic.
Ca. 530—510 BCE.
Attributed to the Antimenes Painter.
Inv. No. 1843,1103.66.
London, British Museum.
10. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hephaestus at the birth of Athena.
Red-figure pelike.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
11. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
12. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
13. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
14. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. Side B: Dionysus and male figures.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
15. CERAMICS. Greece.
Perseus fleeing away with the head of Medusa.
Red-figure hydria. Attic.
Attributed to Pan Painter (Beazley).
Clay.
Ca. 460 BCE.
Inv. No. 1873,0820.352.
London, British Museum.
16. 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.
17. CERAMICS. Greece.
The Seven against Thebes: the death of Kapaneus.
Red-figure neck-amphora. Campania.
Attributed to the Caivano Painter (Greek, active 340—330 BCE).
Terracotta. Ca. 340 BCE.
Inv. No. 92.AE.86.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
18. CERAMICS. Greece.
Maenads and satyrs.
Red-figure neck-amphora. Campania.
Attributed to the Caivano Painter (Greek, active 340—330 BCE).
Terracotta. Ca. 340 BCE.
Inv. No. 92.AE.86.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
19. CERAMICS. Greece.
Feasting Heracles.
Bilingual amphora, type A. Attic.
Attributed to the Andokides Painter (Furtwängler), to the Lysippides Painter (Beazley).
Clay. Ca. 520—510 BCE.
Inv. Nos. J 388 / 2301.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
20. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles on the kline surrounded by Hermes, Athens and the cupbearer.
Bilingual amphora, type A. Attic.
The Andokides Painter (red-figure painting) and the Lysippides Painter (black-figure painting).
Clay. Ca. 520—510 BCE.
Inv. Nos. J 388 / 2301.
Munich, State Antique Collection.