Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Painter of Brussels R 330

mid-5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, symposium (drinking party) Exterior, women and youths Compared with symposium scenes of the preceding generation of cup painters, this work presents a more complex viewpoint. The symposiast is seen from the back, and the attending woman is on the far side of the kline (couch). She holds a phiale (libation bowl).

Artist

Painter of Brussels R 330

Date

mid-5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1919