Fragmentary terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, Apollo and Kalliope
Exterior, lower bodies of two figures
The Kalliope Painter was a somewhat older colleague in the same workshop as the Eretria Painter. He specialized in cups—this one is his namepiece. It shows the god Apollo seated in a chair. The standing woman is Kalliope. In the fifth century B.C., the muses were not associated with specific arts, as later. Kalliope, however, was often considered the mother of Orpheus.
Exterior, lower bodies of two figures
The Kalliope Painter was a somewhat older colleague in the same workshop as the Eretria Painter. He specialized in cups—this one is his namepiece. It shows the god Apollo seated in a chair. The standing woman is Kalliope. In the fifth century B.C., the muses were not associated with specific arts, as later. Kalliope, however, was often considered the mother of Orpheus.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fragmentary terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Calliope Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 430 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: width 4 1/4in. (10.8cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
- Object Number: 12.229.12
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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