Sacred Art & Iconography
Terracotta Hydria, Achilles and Penthesilea (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10.210.19)
Attic terracotta hydria, attributed to the Berlin Painter, ca. 500 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art 10.210.19
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An Attic terracotta hydria (kalpis, water jar), attributed to the Berlin Painter, ca. 500 BCE, Classical period. The Metropolitan Museum's own catalogue tags the vase with Achilles, Amazons and Shields, and it is returned by the museum's own search for Penthesilea, the Amazon queen, together identifying the combat of Achilles and Penthesilea, a standard subject of Attic vase painting of this date, though the museum's record carries no narrative description of the scene. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 10.210.19, Greek and Roman Art department.
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Date of Creation Attributed To Attributions
TraditionAncient Greek religion and mythology 1 Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectAchilles and Penthesilea, the Amazon queen he kills and, in some tellings, falls in love with as she dies, from the Trojan War cycle 1 Custody
Current LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 Current CustodianThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 Custody History Physical Form
DimensionsH. 14 7/16 in. (36.6 cm)
diameter 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm) 1 Rights and Reproduction
Reproduction and CopyrightThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has designated this work as being in the public domain and makes it available through its Open Access policy; no permission is required for reproduction. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Achilles, Figures The Met's own catalogue tags this Attic hydria with Achilles, Amazons and Shields, and the museum's own search for Penthesilea also returns it, its own controlled-vocabulary identification of the combat of Achilles and the Amazon queen Penthesilea, though the record carries no narrative sentence naming the scene, hence stance associated rather than holds.
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