Artwork Page for Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo and Zeus

Details / Information for Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo and Zeus

Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo and Zeus

c. 520 BCE
This object has related works. See

manner of Antimenes Painter

(Greek, Attic, active c. 530–510 BCE)
View all records in artwork set
Culture
Greek, Attic
Medium
ceramic
Measurements
Overall: 1.2 x 0.7 cm (1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.533.a
Public Domain
You can copy, modify, and distribute this work, all without asking permission. Learn more about CMA's Open Access Initiative.
Location
102B Greek
Print
?

Did You Know?

The claw-footed tripod leg before Zeus's chest identifies the scene—the struggle for the Delphic tripod.

Description

Comparison with better-preserved vases—and with other artworks and monuments, such as the famous Siphnian Treasury at Delphi—helps to fill in some of the action no longer surviving from the rest of this vase, which once showed Apollo and Herakles struggling for the Delphic tripod. One claw-footed leg of the tripod survives, across the chest of Zeus, the bearded figure who intervened to stop the quarrel between two of his sons. Apollo is the unbearded figure at left, while Herakles would have appeared beyond the break on the right.
In the center of this orange ceramic fragment, black figures of Apollo and Zeus face one another. On our left, Apollo wears a red headband and raises his hand. Opposite him, Zeus faces left, identified by a long, dark red beard. Above them, a curved border consists of alternating black and red stripes. Fine, incised lines articulate their profiles and garments.

Fragment from Black-Figure Neck-Amphora of Panathenaic Shape (Storage Vessel): Apollo and Zeus

c. 520 BCE

Antimenes Painter

(Greek, Attic, active c. 530–510 BCE)
Greek, Attic

See Also

Visually Similar by AI

Contact Us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please fill out the appropriate request form linked below:

Update or Correct Artwork Information

Imagery or Rights for Non-Open-Access Artworks

Report a Website Issue

Further Questions About This Artwork