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Attic Red-Figure Amphora with Lid
Creator
Geras PainterPainter
All works by this person →In the early 400s B.C., the Geras Painter worked in Athens, decorating vases in the red-figure technique. He specialized in pelikai but also decorated other shapes. Several of his surviving vases depict Herakles, satyrs, and herms. Although the Geras Painter was not a very skilled draftsman, his paintings are often whimsical and imaginative. As with most ancient artists, the true name of the Geras
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- about 480–470 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek (Attic)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- bd9168e8-1f05-48b8-bc76-fba3ca703970
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Side A: Herakles and Apollo struggle for the Delphic tripod as Athena, left, looks on. Side B: A warrior pours a libation from a phiale; to the left, a woman, probably his wife; to the right, a bearded man.
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