Death of Orpheus

Phiale Painter (active ca. 450-420 BCE) (attributed to)

Item type:

decorative art

Date of creation:

ca. 430 BCE

Height:

22.5 cm  (8 7/8 in.)

Width:

12.0 cm  (4 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

earthenware

Description

Vase painting, depicting mythical death of Orpheus (holding lyre), at the hands of a Thracian women.

Iconclass

94O68
death of Orpheus: he is torn to pieces by the Thracian women during a Bacchic orgy

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bowl lyre [3493]

RIdIM record id

1242