Black-Figure Neck-Amphorae (Storage Vessels) (Primary Title)
Attributed to, Antimenes Painter, Greek, active ca. 530–510 BC (Artist)
This rendering of the Return of Helen at the end of the Trojan War is more crudely painted than the Judgment of Paris scene on the vase’s front. The difference in quality is a clue as to which side of the vase was considered the “primary view” in antiquity. Like the Judgment of Paris scene elsewhere in this case, this vase was painted by the Antimenes Painter, a master of the black-figure technique.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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