Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment (part of 77.AE.5.1)

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Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment (part of 77.AE.5.1)

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Berlin Painter

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One of the best red-figure vase-painters, the Berlin Painter worked in Athens in the period from about 500 into the 460s B.C. He was a technically perfect and prolific artist. About three hundred of his vases have survived. Almost all his work was in the red-figure technique, but he did try his hand at white-ground and black-figure. Although he did not invent the scheme of an isolated figure on ea

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Date
about 490 B.C.
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Department
Vessels
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
8e57b05d-764d-4505-a5ef-d711d59d6f45

A fragment belonging to a large krater decorated with a battle scene that includes Ajax with the body of Achilles, which is partially reconstructed from fragments belonging to nine different records. The primary record for the krater is 77.AE.5.1. From left: lower end of hoplite shield in profile to right (attacker); part of his opponent falling away to right, body in back view, shield in profile raised on left arm, face (lower part preserved) lifted in profile to left, teeth bared. The preserved nose of the helmet indicates a Chalcidonian origin. The figure is naked with the exception of his helmet and sword-belt. Incorporates joined fragments 82.AE.124.21-.24.

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