He is trying to balance an amphora with a pointed bottom on his raised foot.
Attic bilingual amphora.
53 3cm amphora type a function.
The ivy wreaths on his head and round the neck of the amphora add to the festive mood of the scene.
Side a of an attic red figure bilingual amphora painted by andokides ca.
Bibliography cohen beth attic bilingual vases and their painters 1978.
Ca 520 510 b c.
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.
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.
The lysippides painter was an attic vase painter in the black figure style.
Munich staatliche antikensammlungen 2301.
Boston museum of fine arts size.
The hero wears a lion skin.
Attributed to the andokides painter and lysippides painter.
Heracles kneeling before the gates of hades chains the two headed guard dog cerberus.
Herakles at the symposion.
Several details regarding the artistic biography of the andokides painter have been suggested through connoisseurial studies of his work.
Staatliche antikensammlung munich inv.
His himation folded across his leg is adding to the difficulty of the challenge.
Storage and display technique.
Red figure no relief lines dilute brown lines or washes.
Much patterning and some incision as in black figure.