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Attic Black-Figure Oinochoe (Shape 1)
Class of Louvre F348 and Keyside Classabout 490 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Fragmentary oinochoe with the foot and the lower part of one side, depicting Herakles and the Nemean Lion, preserved. Heracles wears a wreath and wrestles the lion to the ground. His extended right arm covers his face and grasps the lion's ribcage, his left arm is locked around the lion's neck. The lion's rear left leg is raised. The background contains a branched tree with dotted leaves. On the right, a partial inscription remains.
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- Title: Attic Black-Figure Oinochoe (Shape 1)
- Creator: Class of Louvre F348, Keyside Class
- Date Created: about 490 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.)
- Type: Oinochoe
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 76.AE.103
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Gordon McLendon
- Creator Display Name: Class of Louvre F348 (Greek (Attic)) or Keyside Class (Greek (Athenian), active 520 - 490 B.C.)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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