Vases Red-figure Attic Red-Figure Kalpis Fragment
Attic Red-Figure Kalpis Fragment

Attic Red-Figure Kalpis Fragment

Red-figure Berlin Painter · about 480–470 B.C.
Fragment preserves Athena wearing a stephane, a sleeved chiton with an ependytes over it, and an aegis. She holds out a helmet towards a youth, probably Theseus, wearing a wreath, chiton with deep overfall, and a cloak over his shoulders. He also has a petasos and two spears. Meander band below, with dotted saltire.
Technique
Date
about 480–470 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Dimensions
H: 21.00 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
86.AE.228
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)