Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Onesimos|Euphronios

ca. 490 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, Herakles and young boy Exterior, Herakles fighting the sons of Eurytos; Herakles fighting Ops Euphronios is probably the best known of the early red-figure artists called the Pioneers. During the latter part of his career, he signs as potter rather than painter, and he collaborates with various painters of whom Onesimos is one of the most accomplished. The representation on the interior shows the almost coloristic effects that Onesimos achieved with dilute glaze as well as his marvelous characterization of Herakles—young, wide-eyed, jaunty, and finely turned out.

Artist

Onesimos|Euphronios

Date

ca. 490 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912 (12.231.2) Anonymous Gift, 1971 (1971.54) Gift of E.D. Blake Vermeule, 1972 (1972.39.1, .2)