Attic Red Figure Nolan Amphora
Both sides with a band of meander below the scenes.
Attic red figure nolan amphora. Richmond painter greek attic. 13 in 33 7cm. Paul getty museum los angeles california attic red figure nolan amphora getty museum. 500 450 bc by the ethiop painter depicting robed man with walking stick maeander pattern below and the upper part of warrior on reverse.
On the main side the painter has represented a historical fact related by the authors of antiquity. The nolan type from nola italy was the most popular style of amphora in the red figure period. 24 12 3 cm 9 7 16 4 13 16 in. The black figure panel amphora and the red bodied amphora.
The distinct shape and style of the nolan amphora is thought to have emerged from two styles of older attic black figure pottery. The reverse with a draped youth leaning on staff. Attic red figure nolan amphora. An attic red figured nolan amphora attributed to the alkimachos painter circa 470 460 b c.
Croesus king of lydia who was defeated in 547 bc by cyrus mounts his pyre but a miraculous rain sent by apollo saves him from the flames. Myson a red figure painter known by his signature as a potter and painter has decorated this amphora with a scene that is unique in attic pottery. The item seized was an attic red figure nolan amphora painted by the harrow painter a vase painter known to have decorated column craters oinochoai and neck amphorae from approximately 480 until 460 b c e. An attic red figured nolan amphora manner of the painter of london e342 circa 475 425 b c.