Terracotta amphora (jar)
Artists of the Praxias Group, who probably worked in Vulci, were the first Etruscan vase-painters to develop a simpler version of the true red-figure technique. This vase is a good example of their work. The amphora shape is directly borrowed from Greek, specifically Attic, prototypes. The nude youth leaning on a long walking stick that is repeated on each side is a subject perfectly familiar from the Greek repertoire. What is different is the technique. Here, rather than reserving the figures (painting up to their outline), they are painted in a red-slip over the black-gloss background; then, interior modeling is achieved by incising lines through the superposed red slip.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta amphora (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Praxias Group
- Period: Classical
- Date: early 5th century BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Terracotta; superposed-red
- Dimensions: H. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924
- Object Number: 24.97.7
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 480–450 BCE
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