Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)?

Unknown

530–520 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Nose, mouth, neck, right shoulder, bent right arm, and left forearm of Herakles to right wearing the lion skin; in between Herakles' arms, head and neck of a filleted youth? to right; both Herakles and the youth are in a chariot; in the back ground, branches

Artist

Unknown

Date

530–520 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011