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| Keywords: Greek - Black-figure Volute Krater - Walters 4829 - View A Detail.jpg Beneath the meander-adorned rim of this large volute krater is a band of figural decoration interrupted by the handles on each side At the center of the scene on one side is a trio of warriors each wearing a short chiton and a full panoply of armor The central figure lunges deeply to the right as he looks back at the soldier behind him The figure on the left prepares to plunge his raised spear into the central warrior The third soldier on the right also wields a spear in his upraised right hand poised to strike Flanking this central pair are two women in long decorated garments Each raises her hands as if to address the men or express alarm Behind the woman on the right is a horse and young man perhaps a groom Beyond them are four more figures including a naked youth with a mantle two men with staffs and another fully armed warrior To the left of the central scene behind the woman an armed warrior mounts a chariot as if ready to flee from the fighting A man seated in front of the horses interrupts the sense of motion evoked by the charioteer The two figures behind the seated man resemble those at the other end of the scene a naked youth wearing a mantle and holding a staff or spear and a standing man in longs robes with a staff Reminiscent of the central trio of warriors three figures occupy the center of the scene on the opposite side in a representation of Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion with a youth perhaps Iolaos at hand offering support as he holds the hero's club As with the composition on the other side the figures are flanked by two female figures - a seated Athena on the right and a woman fleeing on the left Further connecting the scenes is the depiction of charioteers mounting their chariots which once again face seated men with staffs A standing man with a staff frames the scene at either end Warriors figure prominently on both sides of this vase which appears to celebrate the physical prowess of the central figures The scenes highlight conduct in war and wrestling two activities in which male citizens would have been trained and encouraged to emulate their heroic prototypes ca 525 500 BC terracotta H 23 1/16 x W 20 1/2 x Diam 16 15/16 in 58 5 x 52 x 43 cm accession number 48 29 13467 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome before 1897 mode of acquisition unknown cat no 209 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
