Amphora with Scenes of the Hermes and Dionysus

<p>The vase painter known as "The Affecter" had a long career, beginning before 550 BCE and lasting into the 520s. His style is one of the most easily recognized in all of Greek vase-painting, characterized by thick figures with tiny heads and exaggerated, angular joints. Both sides of the amphora show scenes of the messenger-god Hermes leading the wine-god Dionysus towards a woman (perhaps Ariadne, wife of Dionysus) who welcomes them, in the company of satyrs.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.11' rel='external'>Amphora with Scenes of the Hermes and Dionysus</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>