No C 37
Florence, Museo Aroheologico Etrusco 3804
Black-figure amphora
A god is seated on a folding stool. He is represented with
head and legs in profile to the right, the body almost facing.
Seated, he is almost as tall as the surrounding standing
figures. The right forearm is extended almost horizontally
forward, with clenched hand, the left forearm is extended
obliquely upward, the hand holding a staff. The god has a
pointed beard and close-cropped hair. His dress consists of a
chiton and a himation, which covers the left arm.
There are three figures at each side of the picture. At the
right a goddess, the left forearm extended obliquely downward,
the hand with extended fingers seen from the back, the right
arm raised, the hand with extended fingers seen on the palm,
Heracles, identified by the lion's skin, and Ares,
characterised as such by helmet, shield and greaves. At the
left side stand a goddess, the right arm extended obliquely
downward, the hand with extended fingers seen from the back,
the left arm raised with palm turned outward and extended
fingers, Apollo, identified by the zither, and Hermes, identified by
the short chiton, the chlamys and the endromides.
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