Terracotta hydria (water jar)

Attributed to the Mastos Painter
ca. 530 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Herakles and Hebe in the bridal chariot
On the shoulder, fight

The Mastos Painter belongs in the stylistic orbit of the Lysippides Painter, the artist who is believed to have executed the black-figure decoration on bilingual vases for which the Andokides Painter did the red-figure. Onetorides, the youth who is praised as fair on this vase, is known principally from works attributed to Exekias. The hydria, therefore, links several contemporary artistic strands.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta hydria (water jar)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Mastos Painter
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 530 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Dimensions: 19 × 16 × 13 1/8 in. (48.3 × 40.6 × 33.3 cm)
    Diam. of rim: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
    Diam. of foot: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
  • Object Number: 14.105.10
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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