Crater of the Pretenders
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on rim; oves and darts (pointed); under mouthpiece; garland (bay leaf) on basin (side A); massacre of the suitors; Odysseus (beard, pilos, chiton, belt, chlamys, holding, bow, arrow, several); Telemachus (naked, holding, shield); Eumaeus (old man, beard, cap, chiton, belt, chlamys, holding, club, attacking, in front); door (open); young man (4, crown, himation, 2, wounded, 3, arrow, 3, blood, on bed, 2, blanket, cushion, 2, embroidered); young man (8, crown, naked, himation, 6, wounded, 4, arrow, 4, blood, 3, holding, phiale, 1, rhyton, ?, 1, goblet, 1, table, 2, kneeling, 2); in the field; sword (scabbard, suspended); arrow (several); table; calyx krater; phiale (2); lekane; skyphos (?); oinochoe (?) on basin (side B); conversation scene; couple (2); man (2, left, crown, himation, sandal, holding, staff, 1); woman (2, right, chignon, crown, himation, sandal); in the field; phiale; column (?, remains) on basin (bottom); meander (including, checkerboard, star) around the handle; oves (pointed) under the handle; plant motif (palmette, 2) Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; a large part of the foot is missing; small gaps on the body; chips on the mouth and the body; alteration of the red highlights; the white highlights have disappeared; the vase was cleaned (old repainting on the gaps); glued back together (breaks on the bottom of the body and foot); completed (gaps except for a small area in the radiating edges) and repainted (foot).
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
An exhibit at Louvre
The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.