Greek Vase
Achilles Painter, c. 450 BC
An Attic red-figured amphora of Naloan shape, Greek, c450BC, hitherto unknownDecorated by the Achilles Painter, an anonymous artist artist so-named for hisamphora in the Vatican (the most classical of all vase-painters). On the frontis a young man g An Attic red-figured amphora of Naloan shape, Greek, c450BC, hitherto unknown Decorated by the Achilles Painter, an anonymous artist artist so-named for his amphora in the Vatican (the most classical of all vase-painters). On the front is a young man grasping his spear, and on the back a single figure of a bearded man holding a staff. THe only vase by the Achilles painter outside the BM.
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Title of artwork, date
Greek Vase, c. 450 BC
Date supported
1957
Dimensions
38 cm
Grant
250
Total cost
250
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