67 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS “The Concert of Apollo� with the god of music playing a lyre instead of his usual kithara.The goddesses standing on either side of him are probably his sister Artemis (behind him) and his mother Leto. Each holds a flower. At the far left, behind Artemis, stands Dionysos holding a rhyton. At the far right, behind Leto, is the nude Hermes holding his kerykeion. Ca. 520-510 BC. H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection; John Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1988; Patricia Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990-2010. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IV, 1985, no. 63. The large diameter and tall, nearly conical shoulder place this among the earliest of the cylindrical lekythoi that came into fashion in the last quarter of the 6th century and which became the standard red-figure type throughout most of the 5th century BC. 68 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS NEAR THE HAIMON PAINTER Herakles and Apollo scuffle over the Delphic tripod; Athena, at the right, watching. Ca. 490 BC. H. 7 1/8 in. (18.3 cm.) Ex French collection. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIX, 2008, no. 116. 69 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS NEAR THE HAIMON PAINTER Herakles finding the cattle of Geryon, one of the Twelve Labors; Eurytion at the left, Athena in the midst. Ca. 490 BC. H. 6 1/2 in.(16.5) A rare subject. Ex M. Hubmann collection, Zurich, Switzerland. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XII, 2001, no. 206. According to Evander, Herakles stopped to pasture the cattle he had stolen from Geryon near the cave where lived Cacus, the son of Vulcan. As Herakles slept, Cacus took a liking to the cattle and slyly stole eight of them by dragging them by their tails, so as to leave no trail. When Herakles awoke and started to leave, the remaining herd made plaintive noises towards the cave; Herakles then found the cattle and killed Cacus.
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