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Amphora Depicting Gigantomachy and Contest Between Herakles and Kyknos
ca. 520 BCE (Archaic)
terracotta; black figure
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
Side A of this vase depicts a scene from the contest between Kyknos (a son of Ares) and Herakles. The latter appears in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) with Athena by his side. On side B Athena and Ares are depicted spearing two fallen giants.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/1/2013 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 16 13/16 x Diam at mouth: 7 1/16 in. (42.7 x 18 cm); Circumference: 34 3/4 in. (88.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.22