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Attic Black-Figure Amphora Type B (Side A)
Swing Painter
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Side A: Two horsemen over a fallen warrior in low-crested Corinthian helmet. Side B: At center a duel between a bearded warrior with Corinthian helmet. To his left another warrior with Boeotian shield; to the right a bearded hoplite with low-crested Corinthian helmet. Three additional warriors without weapons. Two males flank the central group.
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Details
- Title: Attic Black-Figure Amphora Type B (Side A)
- Creator: Swing Painter
- Date Created: about 530–520 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 37.5 × 23.8 cm (14 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Type: Amphora
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 86.AE.64
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Attributed to Swing Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 550 - 525 B.C.)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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