Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
After Dionysos was born from the thigh of his father, Zeus, he was brought up by the nymphs on Mount Nysa; its location was indeterminate but probably in northern Greece. The representation here presents a conflation of the nymphs and the maenads who were to become his female followers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 460–450 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
diameter 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.313.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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