Hydria (water jar), ca. 420–400 b.c.; red-figure
Attributed to the Amykos Painter (Greek, active ca. 430-400 b.c.)
Greek, South Italian, Lucanian
Terracotta
Technical Glossary
Attributed to the Amykos Painter (Greek, active ca. 430-400 b.c.)
Greek, South Italian, Lucanian
Terracotta
H. 18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm)
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891 (91.1.466)
The Amykos Painter was a prolific artist who invented a repertoire of stock figural types for his less ambitious works. The youths here are characterized as athletes by their nudity, the gifts of a fillet and wreath, and the strigil (scraper) held by the rightmost figure.
Related
Index Terms
Art Movement/Style
Artist
- Amykos Painter (Greek, active ca. 430–400 b.c.)
Object
- Deep Vessel from Europe
- Figural Vessel
- Figural Vessel from Europe
- Tall Vessel (Vase, Pitcher, or Bottle)
- Tall Vessel from Europe
- Vessel from Europe
- Vessel from the Balkan Peninsula
