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Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater
Villa Giulia Painter460–450 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Side A, Orpheus attacked by Thracian Women. The woman on the left thrusts a spear towards Orpheus's throat. He staggers backwards, having dropped his lyre. A second woman attacks from the right, swinging an axe.
Side B, three standing youths carrying spears and wearing distinctive Thracian helmets and cloaks. The two on the left face one another, the third walks away to the right, looking back.
Lotus and palmette band on the rim; stopped meander with saltire squares below the groundline. Palmette complex above the handles.
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Details
- Title: Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater
- Creator: Villa Giulia Painter
- Date Created: 460–450 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 42.7 × 43.3 cm (16 13/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
- Type: Calyx Kraters
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 80.AE.71
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Dr. Paul Flanagan
- Creator Display Name: Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 470 - 440 B.C.)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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