Terracotta statuette of a teacher and a pupil

late 4th–early 3rd century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 164

The old man seated on a stool writes on a tablet that rests on his lap and looks toward the child to see if he is attentive. The group may simply represent a schoolmaster with a pupil, but the satyr-like appearance of the teacher may also indicate that this is a representation of Silenos, father of the satyrs, instructing the child Dionysos.

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Title: Terracotta statuette of a teacher and a pupil
Period: Early Hellenistic
Date: late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Greek, Asia Minor
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Samuel P. Avery Memorial Fund, 1923
Object Number: 23.259
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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