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Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Achilles
1. TOREUTICS.
Shield of Achilles.
Silver.
By Rundle and Bridge, after a design by Stothard, for George the IV (1820—1830).
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
5. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase. Detail: the handle with representation of winged Animal Mistress (upper register), and Ajax carrying the dead Achilles (lower register).
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
560 BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
6. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
7. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
8. 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.
9. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with scenes of the Trojan war (Iliupersis sarcophagus) — front panel.
Proconnessian marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6722.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
10. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Achilles killing Troilus. Left side panel of the sarcophagus with scenes of the Trojan war (Iliupersis sarcophagus).
Proconnessian marble. Mid-2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6722.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes (Achilles on the island of Scyros). Longitudinal panel of a sarcophagus.
Marble.
Ca. mid-2nd century CE.
Inv. Nos. II 1a 833 / 925, 926, 927, 930.
Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side B.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
15. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side A.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
16. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Alexander the Great as Achilles.
Intaglio.
Glaze.
1st century BCE — 1st century CE.
Inv. Nos. 129432 / 158837.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
17. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Phoenix, Achilles, and Penthesilea (version: Phoenix and Polyxena).
Fresco from Pompeii (House of Fatal Love, IX, 5, 18, f).
20—25 CE.
Inv. No. 111471.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXX.
18. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Achilles on Skyros.
62—79 CE.
Inv. No. 9110.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXII.
19. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad (known as “The Pianabella sarcophagus”).
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.
20. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with representation of scenes from the Iliad (known as “The Pianabella sarcophagus”) — the front panel.
Greek marble. 160 CE.
Inv. No. SBAO 43504.
Ostia, Archaeological Museum.