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Exekias: Black-figure Belly Amphora with the Reclamation of Helen and Herakles and Kerberos   (  )
Artist	Exekias  (––525)     Alternative names Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ: Εξηκίας Description Greek black-figure vase painter and ceramic artist Date of birth/death 6th century BC date QS:P,-550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7   6th century BC date QS:P,-550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 / circa 525 BC date QS:P,-0525-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902   Location of birth Classical Athens Work period from 550 until 530 BC Work location Attica  Authority file : Q358541 VIAF: 13149365916385600862 ISNI: 0000000095861559 ULAN: 500027430 LCCN: n98032839 GND: 119536366 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q358541
Title	Black-figure Belly Amphora with the Reclamation of Helen and Herakles and Kerberos
Description	English: In another of his labors, Herakles has returned from the underworld with Kerberos, the multi-headed dog who guards its entrance, while the messenger-god Hermes leads the way, with two women looking on. On the back, a warrior draws his sword on a modestly veiled woman in the presence of two onlookers; this scene has been identified as Menelaos' recovery of Helen after the capture of Troy.
Date	between 540 and 530 BC (Archaic Greece era QS:P2348,Q271834 )
Medium	terracotta medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions	H: 19 x W: 12 5/8 x Diameter at rim: 7 15/16 in. (48.2 x 32.07 x 20.2 cm)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	48.16
Place of creation	Athens, Greece
Object history	Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, before 1897, no. 189 1902: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2009-2011.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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