Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Onesimos
ca. 490 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Interior, groom with horse It is rare in red-figure to find representations of a man and a horse as intimate as this one. A black groom is in the process of currying the horse tethered to the perforated fixture at the right of the tondo. On the wall hangs a whisk broom. The horse is restive; the young man rests his arm decisively on its back and goes about his business.
- Artist
- Onesimos
- Date
- ca. 490 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
