Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, Herakles and young boy
Exterior, Herakles fighting the sons of Eurytos; Herakles fighting Ops
Euphronios is probably the best known of the early red-figure artists called the Pioneers. During the latter part of his career, he signs as potter rather than painter, and he collaborates with various painters of whom Onesimos is one of the most accomplished. The representation on the interior shows the almost coloristic effects that Onesimos achieved with dilute glaze as well as his marvelous characterization of Herakles—young, wide-eyed, jaunty, and finely turned out.
Exterior, Herakles fighting the sons of Eurytos; Herakles fighting Ops
Euphronios is probably the best known of the early red-figure artists called the Pioneers. During the latter part of his career, he signs as potter rather than painter, and he collaborates with various painters of whom Onesimos is one of the most accomplished. The representation on the interior shows the almost coloristic effects that Onesimos achieved with dilute glaze as well as his marvelous characterization of Herakles—young, wide-eyed, jaunty, and finely turned out.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Signed by Euphronios as potter
- Artist: Attributed to Onesimos
- Period: Late Archaic
- Date: ca. 490 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. with handle 4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912 (12.231.2)
Anonymous Gift, 1971 (1971.54)
Gift of E.D. Blake Vermeule, 1972 (1972.39.1, .2) - Object Number: 12.231.2
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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