Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Orleans Painter

second quarter of the 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, athlete to right, using a strigil, which he holds in his right hand; block seat or stool with drapery; Obverse, youth to right, with himation, leaning on a stick; goal post; above, in the field, a pair of jumping weights; youth with right arm extended in front of him; Reverse, feet of male to right; handle palmettes and tendrils

Artist

Orleans Painter

Date

second quarter of the 5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011