Fragmentary terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Kiss Painter

ca. 510–500 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Fragmentary terracotta kylix (drinking cup) — Kiss Painter

An intimate moment is captured here with remarkably acute observation as well as with considerable artistic attention to the juxtaposition of nude and clothed forms and the deployment of drapery. The tondo was evidently cut down in antiquity; the hole and the scratches in the youth's thigh indicate the center point that was used to mark the reduced circle.

Artist
Kiss Painter
Date
ca. 510–500 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek, Attic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1907

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