Etruscan black figure amphora
Representing the myth of Herakles and Nessos: Side A shows running Heracles with club and lion skin over his shoulder pursuing the centaur Nessos with palm leafs in one hand and an undefined item in the other hand (maybe a petasos) on side B
Period
Etruscan, 8th-7th century B.C.
Dimension
H.
28 cm (11 1⁄32 in)
Private collection, prior to 1956
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above
Roberto Grossi
Castrum Campus Silvae Historia, Vatican 1956, fig. 3, p. 6
