Terracotta stamnos (jar)

Attributed to the Copenhagen Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Obverse, men and women
Reverse, men and youths

The Copenhagen and Syriskos Painters were characterized by J. D. Beazley, the authority on Greek vase-painting, as "brothers." They belonged to the same workshop, and in some cases as in this stamnos, Beazley was unable to make an attribution to one or the other. Some scholars have speculated that they were one artist.
The subject matter shows two aspects of an Athenian citizen's life. The obverse, depicting a seated man with staff or scepter and phiale and a woman with an oinochoe, presents a solemn scene of offering. On the reverse are men and youths, mentors and future citizens.

Terracotta stamnos (jar), Attributed to the Copenhagen Painter or the Syriskos Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta stamnos (jar), Attributed to the Copenhagen Painter or the Syriskos Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta stamnos (jar), Attributed to the Copenhagen Painter or the Syriskos Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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