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Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment (Interior)

Penthesilea Painter

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Cup fragment that preserves much of the rim and body of the bowl. Interior: two youths facing each other, both wear fillets. In the field above the two figures, a cross-shaped object (possibly a torch holder). The feet of the figure on the right are preserved on a separate fragment, 86.AE.321.2. Tondo border of stopped-meander pattern with cross-squares. Exterior: youths and an Ionic column. Two youths, each in a himation, face each other, a cross-shaped object in the field between them. The youth on the right wears a fillet and leans on a stick, his left arm outstretched; behind him, and Ionic column. To the right of the column a third figure stands frontally, nude except for his himation, which he holds up and drapes over his right shoulder.

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  • Title: Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment (Interior)
  • Creator: Penthesilea Painter
  • Date Created: about 470–450 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 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.321.1
  • 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)
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