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Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment (Exterior)

Penthesilea Painter

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Cup fragment that preserves the rim and body of the bowl, and the bottom edge of the tondo. Interior: tondo with a stopped-meander pattern and cross-squares border; feet of a draped figure to left. Exterior: five youths and an Ionic column. At the left a youth wearing a himation, behind him a cross-shaped object. The next figure (face and most of upper body missing) holds out a fold of garment with the right hand; another figure moves to right and looks back, arms outstretched, his himation pulled tight between them. An Ionic column separates this figure from the last pair: a youth wearing a himation, pulled over the back of his filleted head facing a figure also dressed in a himation whose outstretched right hand rests on a knotty stick. Between the two figures a pair of sandals hangs on the wall.

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  • Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment (Exterior)
  • Creator: Penthesilea Painter
  • Date Created: about 470–450 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: 39.7 cm (15 5/8 in.)
  • Type: Cup
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 86.AE.321.2
  • Culture: Greek (Attic)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter (Greek (Attic))
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
The J. Paul Getty Museum

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