Loading
Attic Black-Figure Olpe (Front)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Reconstructed from fragments, with a large area missing at the front. A winged female figure (Athena? Iris?) runs to right with a spear. She carries a Boeotian shield with a tripod blazon, and her helmet crest overlaps the ivy band that runs around the neck of the vessel. From under the handle, a floral pattern, with palmettes and long-stemmed lotuses.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: Attic Black-Figure Olpe (Front)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 500 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Type: Olpe
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 81.AE.150
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Dr. Max Gerchik
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
Additional Items
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
