The C(orinthianizing) Painter takes his name from the strong influence of Corinthian vase-painting on his style. He particularly favored the Siana cup, which afforded him an ample, regularly shaped surface over which to deploy mythological narratives. The C Painter has chosen a later moment in the Troilos story than the Painter of London B 76. The hare and bird emphasize the speed of Achilles' pursuit.
Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
Open Access
As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.
API
Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API.
This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left. Scroll left to view more.
Side A
Artwork Details
Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item
Title:Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup)
Artist:Attributed to the C Painter
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 575 BCE
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) diameter 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Purchase, 1901
Accession Number:01.8.6
Until 1899, collection of Henry Hoffmann, Paris; May 1899, purchased by Henry de Morgan at the Hoffmann sale at Hôtel Drouot, Paris; 1899-1901, collection of Henry de Morgan, Paris; acquired in 1901, purchased at the de Morgan sale at the American Art Galleries, New York.
Beazley, John D. 1934–1936. "The Troilos Cup." Metropolitan Museum Studies, 5(1): pp. 93–96, 101, figs. 1–3.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1953. Handbook of the Greek Collection. pp. 59, 201, pl. 41a, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1953. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. United States of America 11. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2. Attic Black-Figured Kylikes. pls. II, XXXVI, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Beazley, John D. 1956. Attic Black-figure Vase-painters. pp. 51, 681, no. 4, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1972. Greek Vase Painting: An Introduction. no. 7, pp. 18–19, 69, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1972. "Greek Vase Painting." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 31(1): no. 5, pp. 16–18, 67.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1981. Vol. 1: Aara-Aphlad. "Achilleus," p. 83, no. 307, pl. 88, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.
Beazley, John D. 1986. The Development of Attic Black Figure, Vol. 24, 2nd ed.. p. 96 [p.20 n. 45], pl. 17, 1–3, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Brijder, Herman A. G. 1991. Siana Cups II: The Heidelberg Painter, Allard Pierson Series: Studies in Ancient Civilization, Vol. 8. pp. 360, 376, fig. 6, Amsterdam: Allard Pierson Museum.
Tölle-Kastenbein, Renate. 1994. Das archaische Wasserleitungsnetz für Athen und seine späteren Bauphasen. p. 90, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern.
Mertens, Joan R. 2010. How to Read Greek Vases. pp. 96, 98, fig. 37, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Karoglou, Kyriaki. 2018. "Dangerous Beauty : Medusa in Classical Art." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 75(3): pp. 13, 15, fig. 17.
In this interview, exhibition curator Kiki Karoglou shares provocative insights into the contemporary relevance of mythological hybrid beings and offers a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the exhibition.
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than 30,000 works ranging in date from the Neolithic period to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312.
![Greek Vase Painting [adapted from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 31, no. 1 (Fall, 1972)]](/-/media/images/art/metpublication/cover/1987/greek_vase_painting.jpg)
