Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Pan Painter
ca. 470–460 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Obverse, Theseus Reverse, the Minotaur Many red-figure artists eliminated the narrative element from mythological representations and, instead, highlighted the protagonists. Here, with one protagonist on each side, Theseus's pursuit of the Minotaur becomes timeless and eternal.
- Artist
- Pan Painter
- Date
- ca. 470–460 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876
