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Vase Catalog Number: Louvre G 55 (inv. no. N 3166)
Images | Browse Images| Collection: | Paris, Musée du Louvre | ||
| Summary: | Side A: Kaineus attacked by Centaurs Side B: Lapith attacked by Centaurs | ||
| Ware: | Attic Red Figure | Shape: | Stamnos |
| Painter: | Attributed to the the Kleophrades Painter (by J.D. Beazley) | Potter: | |
| Context: | From Vulci | Region: | |
| Date: | ca. 490 B.C. - 480 B.C. | Period: | Late Archaic |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.37 m; Diam. (mouth) 0.195 m | ||
| Primary Citation: | |||
Graffiti: There is an inscribed graffito, EN, under the resting surface.
Sources Used:
(Amy C. Smith)
Keywords:attacking, Attic, balding, bearded, branch, centaur, centauromachy, chitoniskos, cloth, crouching, cuirass, helmet, holding, Kaineus, Kaineus and centaurs, Lapith, rock, shield, snake, sword, wearing, wounded
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21 Images
| Archive Number | Caption |
|---|---|
| 1992.06.1415 | View of side A, from the left |
| 1992.06.1416 | View of side A |
| 1992.06.1417 | View of side A, from the right |
| 1992.06.1418 | View of the right side |
| 1992.06.1419 | View of side B, from the left |
| 1992.06.1412 | View of side B |
| 1992.06.1413 | View of side B, from the right |
| 1992.06.1414 | View of the left side |
| 1992.06.1420 | Detail of side B, left: a bearded, balding centaur, approaching from the left, and wielding a large branch |
| 1992.06.1421 | Detail of side B, top left: upper half of a bearded, balding centaur, approaching from the left, and wielding a large branch |
| 1992.06.1422 | Detail of side B, center: a youthful Lapith, shown in 3/4-back view to the right, wearing a cloth tied around his waist and an Attic helmet, holding a broad sword in his upraised right hand and a shield on his left arm |
| 1992.06.1423 | Detail of side B, top center: upper half of a youthful Lapith, shown in 3/4-back view to the right, wearing a cloth tied around his waist and an Attic helmet, holding a broad sword in his upraised right hand and a shield on his left arm |
| 1992.06.1424 | Detail of side B, right: a bearded, balding centaur, with a wound on his right chest, crouched on the ground to the right, turning his head profile to the left; he defends himself with large branch held in both hands |
| 1992.06.1425 | Detail of side B, top right: upper half of a bearded, balding centaur, with a wound on his right chest, crouched on the ground to the right, turning his head profile to the left |
| 1992.06.1426 | Detail of side A, left: a bearded centaur, wounded on the right chest, approaches from the left, wielding a large branch with which he threatens Kaineus, to the right |
| 1992.06.1427 | Detail of side A, top left: upper half of a bearded centaur, wounded on the right chest |
| 1992.06.1428 | Detail of side A, center: Kaineus, with his feet and left leg already buried in the ground, shielding himself from a rock falling on his head; he wears a cuirass over a chitoniskos and an Attic helmet, holds a shield on his left arm, and a broad sword in his right hand |
| 1992.06.1429 | Detail of side A, center: Kaineus' head and shield, on which a black snake is emblazoned |
| 1992.06.1430 | Detail of side A, center: Kaineus' head and shield, on which a black snake is emblazoned |
| 1992.06.1431 | Detail of side A, right: a bearded, balding centaur approaches from the left, wielding a large rock |
| 1992.06.1432 | Detail of side A, top right: a bearded, balding centaur approaches from the left, wielding a large rock |