Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)

Eretria Painter

ca. 430–420 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The return of Hephaistos to Mount Olympos The two exceptionally large and boisterous depictions of the subject by Lydos (in the gallery of sixth-century Greek art) find a very different sequel here. The procession has been reduced to essentials and the donkey now carries not only Hephaistos but also Dionysos, who grasps his kantharos (drinking cup) with both hands. Hephaistos behind him holds a hammer and tongs in his left hand and gestures with his right.

Artist

Eretria Painter

Date

ca. 430–420 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1908