Fragment of a terracotta oinochoe, joins 1981.11.9

Euthymides, Potter

ca. 520 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Fragment of a terracotta oinochoe, joins 1981.11.9 — Euthymides, Potter

Head of Athena, name inscribed. By the last decade of the sixth century B.C., there were artists who had achieved a virtuosic mastery of the red-figure technique and were responsible for the predominance that it gained over black-figure. Euthymides, a potter and painter, was one of these innovators belonging to what has been called the Pioneer Group. While Euthymides' signature as potter appears on the foot here, the painter remains unidentified. The goddesses following Hermes are Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.

Artist
Euthymides, Potter
Date
ca. 520 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek, Attic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Credit line
Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc., Jerome Levy Foundation, and Junior League of Bronxville Gifts, 1983

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