Creator
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard
Title
Etruskische und Kampanische Vasenbilder des Königlichen Museums zu Berlin
Coverage
Berlin
Publisher
Verlag von G. Reimer
Date
1843
Description
This enormous survey of ancient Etruscan and Campanian vases in the museums of Berlin is one of the many works by the German archaeologist Eduard Gerhard. It illustrates 30 terracotta red and black vases that depict scenes and figures from Greek mythology, including Aegisthus, Herakles, Ariadne, and the Calydonian hunt. These legends are also treated in the writings of Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus and others.
Source
From the collection of Henrietta Hakes