Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Thracian woman
The large piece of patterned cloth used as a shield identifies the figure as Thracian. She hastens forward holding a spear in her right hand. The characterization suggests that she is an excerpt from a larger scene depicting the death of Orpheus, the irresistible musician. After losing his wife, Eurydice, Orpheus became a recluse. Thus spurned, the enraged women of Thrace killed him. In one version, they tore him to pieces.
The large piece of patterned cloth used as a shield identifies the figure as Thracian. She hastens forward holding a spear in her right hand. The characterization suggests that she is an excerpt from a larger scene depicting the death of Orpheus, the irresistible musician. After losing his wife, Eurydice, Orpheus became a recluse. Thus spurned, the enraged women of Thrace killed him. In one version, they tore him to pieces.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Brygos Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 480–470 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
diameter 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
- Object Number: 96.9.37
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Brygos Painter
ca. 490–480 BCE
Brygos Painter
ca. 480–470 BCE
Brygos Painter
ca. 480 BCE
Brygos Painter
ca. 480–470 BCE
Brygos Painter
ca. 480 BCE
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