Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)

Villa Giulia Painter

ca. 460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Satyr with young Dionysos between women After Dionysos was born from the thigh of his father, Zeus, he was brought up by the nymphs on Mount Nysa; its location was indeterminate but probably in northern Greece. The representation here presents a conflation of the nymphs and the maenads who were to become his female followers.

Artist

Villa Giulia Painter

Date

ca. 460–450 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Museum Accession