Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)
Alkimachos Painter
ca. 470–460 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Obverse, combat between an Amazon and a Greek Reverse, youth The Amazons were famous horsewomen. It is interesting, therefore, that the device of the Greek warrior's shield consists of the hindquarters of a horse.
- Artist
- Alkimachos Painter
- Date
- ca. 470–460 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1941
