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E 176. ' HYDRIA. Old No. 739. Ht. 16 in. Vulci. Canino Coll. No. 552. Large style with
remains of severe period, after Duris. Purple has been used for the veil of Deianeira, now faded
to white ; also for a wound in the crown of the Centaur, from which blood flows down his chest ;
and for the inscription. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek of Heracles, and shading of the
outside of the lion-skin. Eye in archaic type, with dotted pupil and brown shading around
the lid : the eyelashes of the Centaur are drawn in brown. The fringe of hair over the forehead
is indicated in rows of black dots. The design curves up over the shoulder. Below, a strip of
masander ; above, of alternate palmette and honeysuckle ; round the lip, egg pattern ; below
the back handle, a small palmette ; around the insertion of the side handles, tongue pattern.
Heracles killing Nessos. Heracles, youthful, beardless, with lion-skin over
head, forepaws knotted on his chest, striding to r., brandishing over his head his
club ; with his 1. hand he has seized by the throat Nessos, who has fallen on his
r. knee to the r. and looks back (in three-quarter face), vainly trying with his
r. to loosen the grasp of Heracles ; he is bald on the crown, but has a small
circular patch of hair over the centre of the forehead ; he has bushy hair at the
back and beard, and horse's ears. His 1. arm passes behind the back of
Deianeira, who moves to r., looking back and extending her r. towards Heracles
for assistance ; with her I. she raises the edge of a veil which covers the back of
her head and her 1. shoulder. She wears a long-sleeved chiton, a mantle,
earrings with pendent palmettes, and a saccos of the form frequently found on
the vases of Duris. Over the back of Nessos is inscribed XOJM, /caXos.
[Cf. the similar treatment of this subject in the W. Pediment at Olympia, and on a vase
at Naples (Cat. no. 3,089). The sketch-marks show that a more extended position of the r. arm
of Nessos was at first intended by the artist. For the beardless type of Heracles in Greek art,
cf. Hartwig in Jahrbuch, 1893, p. 161.]
E 177. HYDRIA. Old No. 741. Ht. 15$ in. Vulci. Canino Coll. No. 614. Large style, with
remains of severe period. Purple wine and tuning-pegs of lyre. Brown inner markings and
folds of chiton of Leto. Eye in transition type ; the outlines have been drawn in brown as well
as in black. The fringe of hair over the forehead of the women is painted in raised black dots.
The design curves up over the shoulder. Below, a strip of pairs of meander separated by red
cross squares : on the neck, a strip of palmettes and honeysuckle. Round the lip, egg pattern.
Apollo, Artemis, and Leto. In the centre Apollo, with long hair wreathed
with laurel, long chiton and mantle, stands e?i face, playing on the chelys, which is
attached to his 1. hand by a riband decorated with zigzags ; in his r. hand is a
phiale decorated with two concentric rings of dotted circles and (black) leaves.
He looks to 1. towards Leto, who, with a sceptre upright in her 1. hand, pours
'wine on the ground from an oinochoe in her r. ; she wears her long hair fastened
at the end in a roll, a stephane ornamented with a zigzag pattern, a long
chiton decorated with V's and a fringe of dots (cf. El. Ccr. ii, pi. 32, where the
same dress is worn by Artemis ?), and a mantle with dotted border. On the r.
Artemis stands, with long chiton, mantle, and radiated fillet, and earrings,
holding in her 1. a branch of laurel, and pouring wine from a phiale in her r. ;
her long hair falls loose down her back ; the phiale is decorated with a concentric
band of leaves (red on black) and of dots.
[For a similar subject cf. El. Cer. ii, pi. 34.] - ,
E 176. ' HYDRIA. Old No. 739. Ht. 16 in. Vulci. Canino Coll. No. 552. Large style with
remains of severe period, after Duris. Purple has been used for the veil of Deianeira, now faded
to white ; also for a wound in the crown of the Centaur, from which blood flows down his chest ;
and for the inscription. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek of Heracles, and shading of the
outside of the lion-skin. Eye in archaic type, with dotted pupil and brown shading around
the lid : the eyelashes of the Centaur are drawn in brown. The fringe of hair over the forehead
is indicated in rows of black dots. The design curves up over the shoulder. Below, a strip of
masander ; above, of alternate palmette and honeysuckle ; round the lip, egg pattern ; below
the back handle, a small palmette ; around the insertion of the side handles, tongue pattern.
Heracles killing Nessos. Heracles, youthful, beardless, with lion-skin over
head, forepaws knotted on his chest, striding to r., brandishing over his head his
club ; with his 1. hand he has seized by the throat Nessos, who has fallen on his
r. knee to the r. and looks back (in three-quarter face), vainly trying with his
r. to loosen the grasp of Heracles ; he is bald on the crown, but has a small
circular patch of hair over the centre of the forehead ; he has bushy hair at the
back and beard, and horse's ears. His 1. arm passes behind the back of
Deianeira, who moves to r., looking back and extending her r. towards Heracles
for assistance ; with her I. she raises the edge of a veil which covers the back of
her head and her 1. shoulder. She wears a long-sleeved chiton, a mantle,
earrings with pendent palmettes, and a saccos of the form frequently found on
the vases of Duris. Over the back of Nessos is inscribed XOJM, /caXos.
[Cf. the similar treatment of this subject in the W. Pediment at Olympia, and on a vase
at Naples (Cat. no. 3,089). The sketch-marks show that a more extended position of the r. arm
of Nessos was at first intended by the artist. For the beardless type of Heracles in Greek art,
cf. Hartwig in Jahrbuch, 1893, p. 161.]
E 177. HYDRIA. Old No. 741. Ht. 15$ in. Vulci. Canino Coll. No. 614. Large style, with
remains of severe period. Purple wine and tuning-pegs of lyre. Brown inner markings and
folds of chiton of Leto. Eye in transition type ; the outlines have been drawn in brown as well
as in black. The fringe of hair over the forehead of the women is painted in raised black dots.
The design curves up over the shoulder. Below, a strip of pairs of meander separated by red
cross squares : on the neck, a strip of palmettes and honeysuckle. Round the lip, egg pattern.
Apollo, Artemis, and Leto. In the centre Apollo, with long hair wreathed
with laurel, long chiton and mantle, stands e?i face, playing on the chelys, which is
attached to his 1. hand by a riband decorated with zigzags ; in his r. hand is a
phiale decorated with two concentric rings of dotted circles and (black) leaves.
He looks to 1. towards Leto, who, with a sceptre upright in her 1. hand, pours
'wine on the ground from an oinochoe in her r. ; she wears her long hair fastened
at the end in a roll, a stephane ornamented with a zigzag pattern, a long
chiton decorated with V's and a fringe of dots (cf. El. Ccr. ii, pi. 32, where the
same dress is worn by Artemis ?), and a mantle with dotted border. On the r.
Artemis stands, with long chiton, mantle, and radiated fillet, and earrings,
holding in her 1. a branch of laurel, and pouring wine from a phiale in her r. ;
her long hair falls loose down her back ; the phiale is decorated with a concentric
band of leaves (red on black) and of dots.
[For a similar subject cf. El. Cer. ii, pi. 34.] - ,