Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl)

Painter of the Long Overfalls

ca. 380–360 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, satyr and maenad. Reverse, two youths The representation is interesting because the maenad, asleep in an outdoor setting, recalls the pose of Ariadne when she was found on the island of Naxos by the wine god Dionysos; she had been abandoned there by Theseus. The iconography of an "elevated" mythological subject has been applied to members of Dionysos' retinue.

Artist

Painter of the Long Overfalls

Date

ca. 380–360 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Apulian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of David Nelson, in memory of Mark L. Davison, 1984