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Apulian Red-Figure Amphora Fragment
Painter of the Birth of Dionysosabout 330 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Lower part of draped figure of a woman seated to right. Her feet, which are crossed right over left, rest on the edge of a platform. She wears a patterned himation, and shoes with palmette design across the instep. Interior undecorated.
Details
- Title: Apulian Red-Figure Amphora Fragment
- Creator: Painter of the Birth of Dionysos
- Date Created: about 330 B.C.
- Location Created: Apulia, South Italy
- Physical Dimensions: 6.7 × 6.5 cm (2 5/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
- Type: Amphora
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 86.AE.401
- Culture: South Italian (Apulian)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Associated with Painter of the Birth of Dionysos (Greek (Apulian))
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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