Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment

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Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment

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Exekias worked as a potter and vase-painter in the black-figure technique in Athens from about 540 to 520 B.C. He began his career as a potter for a workshop of vase-painters who are collectively known as Group E. At some point, he separated from Group E and began to decorate vases as well as potting them. Exekias was a remarkably innovative artist, and his work as both a potter and painter made h

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Date: 550–530 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

This fragment preserves part of the figure of a bearded hoplite, facing right, with a shield. He is named as Akamas, one of Theseus' sons. He wears a short kilt incised with a chequerboard pattern, and a Corinthian helmet.

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