On the belly amphora by the andokides painter munich 2301 eye cups usually feature a black figure image on the interior and red figure motifs on the external.
Attic bilingual amphora.
He is accompanied in his labour by the goddess athena not shown.
Red figure no relief lines dilute brown lines or washes.
53 3cm amphora type a function.
Boston museum of fine arts size.
Side a of an attic red figure bilingual amphora painted by andokides ca.
520 b c from vulci.
Staatliche antikensammlung munich inv.
Storage and display technique.
His himation folded across his leg is adding to the difficulty of the challenge.
He is trying to balance an amphora with a pointed bottom on his raised foot.
Several details regarding the artistic biography of the andokides painter have been suggested through connoisseurial studies of his work.
Attributed to the andokides painter and lysippides painter.
Munich staatliche antikensammlungen 2301.
Bibliography cohen beth attic bilingual vases and their painters 1978.
The lysippides painter was an attic vase painter in the black figure style.
Ca 520 510 b c.
Bilingual vase painting was almost entirely restricted to belly amphorae of type b and to eye cups in some cases either side of an amphora bore a depiction of the same motif one in black figure the other in red figure e g.
The ivy wreaths on his head and round the neck of the amphora add to the festive mood of the scene.
Much patterning and some incision as in black figure.
The hero wears a lion skin.