A poet on his death-bed

Chimaera Painter (active 600-570 BCE) (attributed to)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
ca. 595-570 BCE
Diameter:
23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
black-figure terracotta

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 06.1021.26]

Description

A man in bed; a barbiton (with five strings) hanging above him; the plektron seems to be hanging from the instrument by a large cord.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Barbiton [3487]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3863