Terracotta neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape (jar)

Pan Painter

ca. 470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, kitharode (performer playing the kithara) Reverse, judge This vase is a counterpart to that of the Berlin Painter in its general shape, subject, and quality. The performer here is a mature, bearded man who seems to be advancing slowly. His mouth is closed, indicated that he is not singing as he plays. The Pan Painter revels in the detail of the instrument while at the same time showing the sweep of the long garment in perfectly controlled, economic lines.

Artist

Pan Painter

Date

ca. 470 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1920