Hermes, Apollo, Dionnysos, and woman

Leagros Group (active ca. 525 to 500 BCE) (attributed to)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
525-500 BCE
Height:
31.8 cm  (12 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
black-figure terracotta
School:
Attic

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 06.1021.81]

Description

Hermes, Apollo, a female figure (possibly a maenad), and Dionysos; Apollo seated and playing kithara, his left hand in the holding band; the depiction of the fingers could indicate a simultaneous plucking of strings, he probably is holding a plektron in his right hand (indicated by the shape of his hand), but plektron itself not visible.

Iconclass

92B373
Apollo playing the lyre, Apollo Citharoedus

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3869