Old man, draped, with two fauns

Michigan Painter (ca. 520-ca. 510 BCE)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
late 6th century BCE
Height:
21.3 cm  (8 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Neck-amphora: terracotta
School:
Attic

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1889.97]

Description

Greek: Attic black-figure. An ithyphallic satyr carrying a five-string kithara.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940] (The instrument's yoke on the player's side is hidden by the faun's head.)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

1643