Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Amazons / Battle of Amazons (Amazonomachia) / Miscellaneous
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The Amazons join the Trojans / Penthesilea killed by Achilles

Further details

Athenian red-figure hydria. Attributed to the Berlin Painter by Sir John Beazley. Depicting, perhaps, Achilles and Penthesilea. Or else just an Amazon and a Greek warrior.

Artist or creator

Berlin Painter (c500-c460 BC) (attributed)

Date

6th century BC (fourth quarter) - 5th century BC (first quarter)

Location

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

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Web resources

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Beazley Archive

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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