Terracotta amphora (jar)

Orvieto Painter

ca. 540 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, the Return of Hephaistos Reverse, banquet In Attic vase-painting, horses are, by far, the most frequently depicted animal, with an emphasis on their beauty and speed. Representations of the Return of Hephaistos, in which the smith-god goes to Mount Olympos on the back of a donkey or mule, probably bring with them an implicit comparison with aristocratic riders and their noble mounts.This Chalcidian vase is a simplified adaptation of an Attic black-figure model.

Artist

Orvieto Painter

Date

ca. 540 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Chalcidian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1956