Vienna 3576 (Vase)
Side A: Herakles murdering Busiris. Side B: Bodyguard of Busiris. Lower frieze: Boar Hunt.
- ID:
- aa_5629
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -550
- Period:
- Archaic
- Context:
- Excavated at Caere
- Painter:
- Name vase of the Busiris Painter
- Condition:
No breaks, some figures badly flaking. White, red and two shades of yellow are used.
- Ware:
- Caeretan
- Shape:
- Hydria
Decoration Description
This is the largest hydria preserved. Side A: Herakles murdering Busiris and ten of his servants. Hemelrijk maintains that Reichhold did not accurately reproduce all the details; there are eleven figures in the throes of death illustrated on this side. Side B: Bodyguard of Busiris. Hemelrijk thinks that Sides A and B belong together. Lower Frieze: Boarhunt. The boar to left is being attacked by eight youths and seven dogs. A white dog clings to the neck and a red dog clings to the belly of the boar. Hemelrijk does not believe this scene to be related to the others.
- Collection:
- Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Acquired from Castellani in 1865. In 1864, Augusto Castellani bought this from the Calabresi, who dug in the necropolis of Caere.
