Greek Vases: Attic Red Figure


ATTIC RED-FIGURE COLUMN KRATER BY THE PAINTER OF THE LOUVRE CENTAUROMACHY The capture of Helen. Theseus carrying a spear, a large round shield with a serpent blazon, and wearing a crested helmet runs toward Helen, at left. Another draped female, possibly Clytemnestra, flees to right toward a bearded figure, probably Tyndareus. Reverse: Three draped youths. Cf a similar scene on a krater by the Christie Painter in the Naples, Mus. Naz. 81570 [H 2301] Ex French collection, acquired in 1971. Ca. 470-460 BC H. 17 in. (43.2 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2008, no. 121 CPJ01 $85,000 Sales