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Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles and the Nemean Lion (obverse) and Dionysos and maenads dancing (reverse)
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles and the Nemean Lion (obverse) and Dionysos and maenads dancing (reverse)

Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles and the Nemean Lion (obverse) and Dionysos and maenads dancing (reverse)

the Antimenes Painter
about 520–510 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 37.4 cm (14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Gold Appleton
Accession number76.41
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1876: Thomas G. Appleton Collection (purchased from Alessandro Castellani and said to be from Capua and to have been bought from the Cav. Visconti, 1836); gift of Thomas G. Appleton to MFA 1876