Among the findings from the AD 19th century excavations of the Marzabotto necropoleis there is a red figgure bell krater, already attributed to the Amykos painter, but in fact not yet studied in detail. This contribution aims at analyzing this vase through the double perspective of its production and reception contexts. If we consider the iconography of Italiote pottery from the late 5th-earl 4th century BC, the identification o the young man portrayed with Herakles seems not con convincing, while analysis o imports at Marzabotto during that period reveals a non-sporadic pattern of presence, although our Lucanian specimen is unique at the site as ell as being the most ancient one among the very few South Italian vases found in the Etruscan Po Valley.
Un cratere del Pittore di Amykos in Etruria padana
BALDONI, VINCENZO
2015
Abstract
Among the findings from the AD 19th century excavations of the Marzabotto necropoleis there is a red figgure bell krater, already attributed to the Amykos painter, but in fact not yet studied in detail. This contribution aims at analyzing this vase through the double perspective of its production and reception contexts. If we consider the iconography of Italiote pottery from the late 5th-earl 4th century BC, the identification o the young man portrayed with Herakles seems not con convincing, while analysis o imports at Marzabotto during that period reveals a non-sporadic pattern of presence, although our Lucanian specimen is unique at the site as ell as being the most ancient one among the very few South Italian vases found in the Etruscan Po Valley.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
