Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)

Attributed to the Berlin Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

Obverse, Poseidon
Reverse, youth

By some accounts, Poseidon was the father of Theseus. The representation here would show father and son—Poseidon, ruler of the sea, and Theseus, the legendary king of Athens.

Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), Attributed to the Berlin Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), Attributed to the Berlin Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), Attributed to the Berlin Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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