The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Fragments of a terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Fragments of a terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to Euphronios

Period:: Archaic
Date:: ca. 520–510 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; red-figure
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1983
Accession Number:: 1983.524.3a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

Interior, lyre-player and youth with kylix
Exterior, horse, youth, and woman

This fragment belongs to one of the earliest preserved works of Euphronios, clearly reflecting the influence of Psiax. The subject of the exterior can be reconstructed thanks to a similar cup in London.
References

Musée du Louvre. 1990. Euphronios peintre à Athènes au VIe siècle avant J.-C. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, p. 180-181, no. 39.
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Who
Euphronios (14)
What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Fragments (15,188)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Drinking vessels (6,032)

Cups (3,861)

Kylikes (432)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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