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.
Bibliography cohen beth attic bilingual vases and their painters 1978.
Herakles at the symposion.
520 b c from vulci.
The ivy wreaths on his head and round the neck of the amphora add to the festive mood of the scene.
Staatliche antikensammlung munich inv.
Boston museum of fine arts size.
Attributed to the andokides painter and lysippides painter.
The hero wears a lion skin.
Several details regarding the artistic biography of the andokides painter have been suggested through connoisseurial studies of his work.
Red figure no relief lines dilute brown lines or washes.
Side a of an attic red figure bilingual amphora painted by andokides ca.
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 lysippides painter was an attic vase painter in the black figure style.
Attic red figure andokides painter bilingual amphora view larger image museum.
Much patterning and some incision as in black figure.
Storage and display technique.
His himation folded across his leg is adding to the difficulty of the challenge.
Ca 520 510 b c.
Munich staatliche antikensammlungen 2301.