User:ArchaiOptix
Dear visitor,
welcome to my picture gallery.
The gallery contains a large number of pictures. It takes a few seconds for the site to build up (even after the green sign "gallery slideshow" in the upper right corner shows up).
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About me:
I am teaching Classics (Ancient Greek and Latin), Theology, modern Greek and Italian. I am particularly interested in Archaeology and History of Ancient Art. One of my other hobbies is photography. Combining these two hobbies I take lots of pictures in museums and archaeological sites and catalogue the photos according to the scientific literature.
About this picture gallery:
Under the relevant categories (of museums and artists) and more systematically on this user page I share a selection of my photos of ancient art.
The site is under construction since January 2020.
I thank all directors of museums who permit photography of the exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes, thus spreading the knowledge of their treasures in a wider public. I hope that my photos published on wikimedia commons act also as an incentive to visit these museums and admire the works of art directly. Therefore editing the photos I refrain from replacing the background, so that the objects can be seen as displayed in the museum. If you intend to use one of my photos for commercial aims, I would recommend you to contact the museum.
The structure of this picture gallery:
material / object category
→ artistic epoch / date
→→ place of production / findspot
→→→ workshop / artist / object type
Transcription of the letters in Greek inscriptions
Epsilon = E
Eta (if written as H) = E_
Theta = TH
Xi = X
Omikron = O
Ypsilon = Y / U in diphthongs
Phi = PH
Chi = CH
Psi = PS
Omega = O_
Digamma = F
Koppa = Q
Spiritus asper (if written as H) = H
Spiritus asper (if written as superscript c: rarely!) = c
Clicking on the bold blue headings you will arrive at the subpages of the specific object categories containing already a larger number of pictures.
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Portrait_head_of_one_of_the_daughters_of_Akhenaton_and_Nefertiti_from_a_composite_statue_09.jpg/220px-Portrait_head_of_one_of_the_daughters_of_Akhenaton_and_Nefertiti_from_a_composite_statue_09.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Neapolis_%28Macedonia%29_-_480_BC_-_silver_stater_-_Gorgoneion_-_mill-sail_incusum_-_M%C3%BCnchen_SMS.jpg/220px-Neapolis_%28Macedonia%29_-_480_BC_-_silver_stater_-_Gorgoneion_-_mill-sail_incusum_-_M%C3%BCnchen_SMS.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Wall_painting_-_winged_goddess_-_Pompeii_%28VI_17_41_Insula_Occidentalis%29_-_Pompeii_Great_Palaestra_-_02.jpg/220px-Wall_painting_-_winged_goddess_-_Pompeii_%28VI_17_41_Insula_Occidentalis%29_-_Pompeii_Great_Palaestra_-_02.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Mummy_portrait_of_a_woman_from_er-Rubayat_-_Berlin_AS_31161-9_%2802%29.jpg/220px-Mummy_portrait_of_a_woman_from_er-Rubayat_-_Berlin_AS_31161-9_%2802%29.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/MM_IIB_Kamares_style_bridge-spouted_jar_from_Knossos_-_Herakleion_AM.jpg/220px-MM_IIB_Kamares_style_bridge-spouted_jar_from_Knossos_-_Herakleion_AM.jpg)
Cretan pottery from the beginnings to the end of the bronze age
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Athens_-_LG_Ia_-_Dipylon_Workshop_-_neck-amphora_-_grazing_deer_-_serpents_-_crouching_goats_-_aquatic_birds_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_6080_-_12.jpg/220px-Athens_-_LG_Ia_-_Dipylon_Workshop_-_neck-amphora_-_grazing_deer_-_serpents_-_crouching_goats_-_aquatic_birds_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_6080_-_12.jpg)
Greek Geometric painted pottery
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![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Painter_of_the_Frankfurt_Olpe_-_CVPAP_48_2_-_3_animal_friezes_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_8764_-_13.jpg/220px-Painter_of_the_Frankfurt_Olpe_-_CVPAP_48_2_-_3_animal_friezes_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_8764_-_13.jpg)
Corinthian painted pottery in the orientalizing and archaic period
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vine_Tendril_Group_-_Odysseus_and_Kirke_-_London_BM_1893-0303-1_-_04.jpg/220px-Vine_Tendril_Group_-_Odysseus_and_Kirke_-_London_BM_1893-0303-1_-_04.jpg)
Boeotian painted pottery in the orientalizing and archaic period
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/South_Ionian_Wild_Goat_Style_SiA_Ic_-_oinochoe_-_three_animal_friezes_-_T%C3%BCbingen_MUT_1237_-_05.jpg/220px-South_Ionian_Wild_Goat_Style_SiA_Ic_-_oinochoe_-_three_animal_friezes_-_T%C3%BCbingen_MUT_1237_-_05.jpg)
East Greek painted pottery in the orientalizing and archaic period
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Group_of_the_Inscribed_Amphorai_-_horsemen_-_Atalante_wrestling_Peleus_-_Zeus_fighting_Typhon_-_animal_frieze_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_596_-_15.jpg/220px-Group_of_the_Inscribed_Amphorai_-_horsemen_-_Atalante_wrestling_Peleus_-_Zeus_fighting_Typhon_-_animal_frieze_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_596_-_15.jpg)
West Greek painted pottery in the orientalizing and archaic period
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Arkesilas_Painter_-_Herakles_and_the_amazons_-_Roma_MNEVG_-_04.jpg/220px-Arkesilas_Painter_-_Herakles_and_the_amazons_-_Roma_MNEVG_-_04.jpg)
Laconian painted pottery in the orientalizing and archaic period
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Group_of_the_Amphora_Athens_19332_-_Rocco_IVA1_A4_-_lion_-_centaur_04.jpg/220px-Group_of_the_Amphora_Athens_19332_-_Rocco_IVA1_A4_-_lion_-_centaur_04.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/KX_Painter_-_ABV_26_25_-_padded_dancers_-_komos_-_Athens_NM_940.jpg/220px-KX_Painter_-_ABV_26_25_-_padded_dancers_-_komos_-_Athens_NM_940.jpg)
Athenian black figure vase painters I From the Pioneers to the Tyrrhenian Group
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lydos_-_ABV_111_extra_-_gorgoneion_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_8760_-_01.jpg/220px-Lydos_-_ABV_111_extra_-_gorgoneion_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_8760_-_01.jpg)
Athenian black figure vase painters II From Lydos to the Affecter
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Antimenes_Painter_-_ABV_269_33_-_Achilles_and_Troilos_-_judgement_of_Paris_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_1722_-_09.jpg/220px-Antimenes_Painter_-_ABV_269_33_-_Achilles_and_Troilos_-_judgement_of_Paris_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_1722_-_09.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Painter_of_Boulogne_441_-_ABV_290_3_-_Herakles_and_the_lion_-_Herakles_with_Athena_and_Hermes_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_1557_-_04.jpg/220px-Painter_of_Boulogne_441_-_ABV_290_3_-_Herakles_and_the_lion_-_Herakles_with_Athena_and_Hermes_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_1557_-_04.jpg)
Athenian black figure vase painters IV other work grouped according to shapes
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Little_master_lip-cup_-_ABV_extra_-_running_Gorgo_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_2136_-_03.jpg/220px-Little_master_lip-cup_-_ABV_extra_-_running_Gorgo_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_2136_-_03.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Andokides_Painter_ARV_4_8_Herakles_and_the_lion_-_Achilles_and_Ajax_playing_%2806%29.jpg/220px-Andokides_Painter_ARV_4_8_Herakles_and_the_lion_-_Achilles_and_Ajax_playing_%2806%29.jpg)
Athenian red figure vase painters I From the earliest pot painters to the Pioneer Group
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Oltos_ARV_58_50bis_archer_-_hoplites_fighting_%2802%29.jpg/220px-Oltos_ARV_58_50bis_archer_-_hoplites_fighting_%2802%29.jpg)
Athenian red figure vase painters II Early cup painters
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kleophrades_Painter_ARV_182_4_warrior_leaving_home_-_trainer_between_two_young_boxers_%2808%29.jpg/220px-Kleophrades_Painter_ARV_182_4_warrior_leaving_home_-_trainer_between_two_young_boxers_%2808%29.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Brygos_Painter_ARV_371_15_maenad_-_Dionysos_with_satyrs_and_maenads_%2803%29.jpg/220px-Brygos_Painter_ARV_371_15_maenad_-_Dionysos_with_satyrs_and_maenads_%2803%29.jpg)
Athenian red figure vase painters IV Late archaic cup painters
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Oreithyia_Painter_ARV_496_2_Boreas_and_Oreithyia_02b.jpg/220px-Oreithyia_Painter_ARV_496_2_Boreas_and_Oreithyia_02b.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Villa_Giulia_Painter_ARV_621_45_warrior_and_woman_-_man_and_woman_%2804%29.jpg/220px-Villa_Giulia_Painter_ARV_621_45_warrior_and_woman_-_man_and_woman_%2804%29.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Hector_Painter_ARV_1036_5_Nike_with_sacrificial_bull_-_man_between_two_women_%2804%29.jpg/220px-Hector_Painter_ARV_1036_5_Nike_with_sacrificial_bull_-_man_between_two_women_%2804%29.jpg)
Athenian red figure vase painters VII Classical pot painters
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Penelope_Painter_ARV_1300_1_Odysseus_killing_the_suitors_%2805%29.jpg/220px-Penelope_Painter_ARV_1300_1_Odysseus_killing_the_suitors_%2805%29.jpg)
Athenian red figure vase painters VIII Classical painters of lekythoi and cups and skyphoi
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Aristophanes_ARV_1318_1_gigantomachy_%2802%29.jpg/220px-Aristophanes_ARV_1318_1_gigantomachy_%2802%29.jpg)
Athenian red figure vase painters IX From the late fifth to the fourth century
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Plastic_janiform_head_vase_ARV_extra_-_heads_of_woman_and_African_%2804%29.jpg/220px-Plastic_janiform_head_vase_ARV_extra_-_heads_of_woman_and_African_%2804%29.jpg)
Athenian red figure vase painters X Attic red figure head vases not attributed to a specific painter
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Pisticci_Painter_-_LCS_I_44a_-_Eros_playing_auloi_between_draped_youths_-_draped_youths_-_Matera_MANDR_164567_-_07.jpg/220px-Pisticci_Painter_-_LCS_I_44a_-_Eros_playing_auloi_between_draped_youths_-_draped_youths_-_Matera_MANDR_164567_-_07.jpg)
Red figure vase painters of Lucania
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Circle_of_the_Sisyphos_Painter_-_RVAp_1-94_-_nurse_-_London_BM_1847-0806-58_-_02.jpg/220px-Circle_of_the_Sisyphos_Painter_-_RVAp_1-94_-_nurse_-_London_BM_1847-0806-58_-_02.jpg)
Apulian red figure vase painters I early Apulian
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Circle_of_the_Iliupersis_Painter_-_RVAp_8-145_-_Orestes_at_Delphi_-_Dionysos_with_satyrs_and_maenads_-_Nike_sacrificing_ram_-_boar_hunt_-_Berlin_AS_F_3256_-_13.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg)
Apulian red figure vase painters II middle Apulian
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Darius_Painter_-_RVAp_18-61_-_Dionysos_with_satyrs_and_maenads_-_Greeks_fighting_Oscans_-_Berlin_AS_F_3264_-_37.jpg/220px-Darius_Painter_-_RVAp_18-61_-_Dionysos_with_satyrs_and_maenads_-_Greeks_fighting_Oscans_-_Berlin_AS_F_3264_-_37.jpg)
Apulian red figure vase painters III late Apulian 1
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Baltimore_Painter_-_RVAp_27-17extra_-_underworld_-_naiskos_of_young_warrior_-_Roma_SABAP-RVEm_-_06.jpg/220px-Baltimore_Painter_-_RVAp_27-17extra_-_underworld_-_naiskos_of_young_warrior_-_Roma_SABAP-RVEm_-_06.jpg)
Apulian red figure vase painters IV late Apulian 2
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Apulian_red_figure_fragment_of_krater_-_RVAp_extra_-_head_of_old_phlyax-woman_-_T%C3%BCbingen_MUT_S-10_1680.jpg/220px-Apulian_red_figure_fragment_of_krater_-_RVAp_extra_-_head_of_old_phlyax-woman_-_T%C3%BCbingen_MUT_S-10_1680.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gibil_Gabib_Group_-_LCS_III_101a_-_women_-_prepraring_the_bride_-_Basel_ASuSL_BS_478_-_03.jpg/220px-Gibil_Gabib_Group_-_LCS_III_101a_-_women_-_prepraring_the_bride_-_Basel_ASuSL_BS_478_-_03.jpg)
Red figure vase painters of Sicily
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Laon_Painter_-_LCS_II-2_52_-_crouching_warrior_-_draped_youth_-_Frankfurt_AM_%CE%B2_309_-_03.jpg/220px-Laon_Painter_-_LCS_II-2_52_-_crouching_warrior_-_draped_youth_-_Frankfurt_AM_%CE%B2_309_-_03.jpg)
Red figure vase painters of Campania
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Asteas_-_RFVP_2-129_-_Europa_on_the_bull_-_Dionysos_with_satyrs_and_maenads_and_Pan_-_Montesarchio_MANdSC_-_07.jpg/220px-Asteas_-_RFVP_2-129_-_Europa_on_the_bull_-_Dionysos_with_satyrs_and_maenads_and_Pan_-_Montesarchio_MANdSC_-_07.jpg)
Red figure vase painters of Poseidonia (Paestum)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Painter_of_the_Bearded_Sphinx_-_CECF_100_50_-_three_animal_friezes_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_SH_243_-_15.jpg/220px-Painter_of_the_Bearded_Sphinx_-_CECF_100_50_-_three_animal_friezes_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_SH_243_-_15.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Paris_Painter_-_judgement_of_Paris_-_animal_frieze_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_SH_837_-_08.jpg/220px-Paris_Painter_-_judgement_of_Paris_-_animal_frieze_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_SH_837_-_08.jpg)
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Painter_of_the_Bearded_Sphinx_-_CECF_100_50_-_three_animal_friezes_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_SH_243_-_15.jpg/220px-Painter_of_the_Bearded_Sphinx_-_CECF_100_50_-_three_animal_friezes_-_M%C3%BCnchen_AS_SH_243_-_15.jpg)
(Etrusco-)Campanian black figure pottery
The content-box underneath and the headings of level 2 show the object categories being in the planning stage or under construction.
sculpture (stone statues, reliefs and figurines, bronze statues) and stone vessels
[edit]bronze (figurines and vessels)
[edit]weapons and tools
[edit]Greek coins
[edit]Roman coins
[edit]gold, silver, jewellery, seals
[edit]late archaic / 530-490 BC
[edit]Egypt (findspot unknown)
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