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Crátera

Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop
ca. 750–735 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151
En el arte griego de principios del primer milenio a. C., los monumentos fúnebres consistían en cráteras (vasijas profundas) de gran tamaño decoradas con escenas funerarias. En la zona principal de esta vasija aparece la prothesis, o exposición del cadáver, colocado sobre un lecho mortuorio, rodeado por sus familiares y flanqueado por dolientes. La procesión de carros y soldados de infantería en la franja inferior tal vez alude a las hazañas militares del muerto, si bien la presencia de escudos en forma de ocho y de carros de guerra, ya obsoletos en aquel entonces, también evoca su glorioso linaje.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Crátera
  • Artista: Atribuido al taller del pintor de Hirschfeld
  • Fecha: ca. 750–735 a. C.
  • Geografía: Grecia, Ática
  • Material: Terracota
  • Dimensiones: a. 108,3 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Rogers, 1914
  • Número de inventario: 14.130.14
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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