Black-figure cup: Herakles and the lion
Black-figure cup: Herakles and the lion
Black-figure cup: Herakles and the lion
Black-figure cup: Herakles and the lion

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Black-figure cup: Herakles and the lion,

early 5th century BCE

in the manner of the Haimon Painter
Greek, Attic
y162

Information

Title
Black-figure cup: Herakles and the lion
Dates

early 5th century BCE

Maker
in the manner of the Haimon Painter
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 8.2 cm, diam. 9.8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y162
Culture
Attic
Period
Attic
Type
ceramics, cups
Materials
mica, slip, ceramic
Subject
battles, vines, heroes, Black-figure, figures (representations), men, lions, Greek mythology, Herakles, women

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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