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Collections

Nikosthenes Painter (attributed to the)
Red-Figure Cup with (A) Herakles Battling Centaurs, (B) Herakles and Hermes at the Harnessing of Athena's Chariot and (I) Youth Preparing Couchcirca 510-500 B.C.

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Ancient Greek red-figure kylix, wide shallow ceramic drinking cup on a slender pedestal foot with two loop handles, decorated with figures in terracotta orange against a black glaze exterior
Artist or Maker
Nikosthenes Painter (attributed to the)
Signed by
Pamphaios
Title
Red-Figure Cup with (A) Herakles Battling Centaurs, (B) Herakles and Hermes at the Harnessing of Athena's Chariot and (I) Youth Preparing Couch
Place Made
Greece, Athens
Date Made
circa 510-500 B.C.
Medium
Red-figure ceramic with thick black and added red
Dimensions
Diameter: 13 in. (33.02 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.8.15
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Clement, Paul A. "Geryon and Others in Los Angeles." Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 24, no.1 (1955): 1-24.