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Attic Red-Figure Pelike

Attic Red-Figure Pelike

Red-figure Achilles Painter · Pelike · 445–440 B.C.
Side A depicts a bearded man, nude except for a cloak draped across his left arm, clutching a staff in his right hand, and a nude youth playing hoops (Zeus and Ganymede). The scene is framed above and below by a band of unbroken running meander enclosing saltire squares with a dot between each pair of arms. Side B shows a bearded, himation-clad man resting on a staff in profile to the left. The figure is framed above and below by a simple meander. There is a palmette at the base of each handle.
Shape
Pelike
Technique
Red-figure
Date
445–440 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Achilles Painter
Dimensions
H: 23.50 cm D: 13.80 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
75.AE.81
Image Source
getty_cc0

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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)