Terracotta neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape (jar)
Obverse, kitharode (performer playing the kithara)
Reverse, judge
This vase is a counterpart to that of the Berlin Painter in its general shape, subject, and quality. The performer here is a mature, bearded man who seems to be advancing slowly. His mouth is closed, indicated that he is not singing as he plays. The Pan Painter revels in the detail of the instrument while at the same time showing the sweep of the long garment in perfectly controlled, economic lines.
Reverse, judge
This vase is a counterpart to that of the Berlin Painter in its general shape, subject, and quality. The performer here is a mature, bearded man who seems to be advancing slowly. His mouth is closed, indicated that he is not singing as he plays. The Pan Painter revels in the detail of the instrument while at the same time showing the sweep of the long garment in perfectly controlled, economic lines.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Pan Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 470 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. as restored 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.245
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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