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Hydria with Chariot Scene
Once known artistabout 510 BCE
The Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
Attic black-figure hydria with a chariot scene, Herakles and Cerberus, and animal motifs. The shoulder panel depicts Herakles leading Cerberus, flanked by Athena and Hermes. The central register shows a four-horse chariot with warriors. The predella features a lion and boars. The vase has a tongue-pattern decoration on the lip (rare for hydriae). Graffito on the foot, partially obscured by accretions. The glaze is mottled, with areas of iridescence. Previously broken and repaired, with some misaligned joins.
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Details
- Title: Hydria with Chariot Scene
- Creator: Once known artist
- Date Created: about 510 BCE
- Physical Location: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
- Location Created: Athens, Greece; reportedly found in Vulci, Italy
- Physical Dimensions: 18 1/2 × 15 × 13 × 9 1/8 × 11 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (47 × 38.1 × 33 × 23.2 × 29.8 × 16.2 cm)
- Subject Keywords: Attic pottery, black-figure, hydria, Herakles, Cerberus, Athena, Hermes, chariot, warriors, Vulci, Leagros Group, Antimenes Painter, Greek vase painting, Greek mythology, Underworld, Lucien Bonaparte, Toledo Museum of Art, 50.261, 1950.261 ok
- Type: Ceramics
- Rights: https://toledomuseum.org/collection/image-resources/
- External Link: Toledo Museum of Art
- Medium: Black-figure, wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details.
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