Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)
Achilles Painter
ca. 460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Obverse, Eos and Tithonos Reverse, youth The composition on the obverse of the vase masterfully catches the element of pursuit, which is at the heart of the story of Eos, the goddess of dawn, and the schoolboy Tithonos. Eos is so close that she almost touches the youth and their feet overlap, but the artist makes the distance between them eternal. The figure on the reverse has not attracted Eos's interest.
- Artist
- Achilles Painter
- Date
- ca. 460–450 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1912
