Terracotta neck-amphora

Red-Line Painter

early 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, man seizing woman at a fountain house Reverse, Dionysos on donkey and maenad While Dionysos is riding along peaceably on the reverse, his influence has extended to the situation on the obverse. Dressed in boots and a garment wrapped around his lower body, the man seems to be an artisan or laborer.

Artist

Red-Line Painter

Date

early 5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of F. W. Rhinelander, 1898