Chariot scene

Painter of New York 07 (attributed to)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
ca. 520 BCE
Height:
15.5 cm  (6 1/8 in.)
Diameter:
8.6 cm  (3 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
black-figure terracotta
School:
Attic

Additional titles

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 07.286.41]

Description

Goddess mounting chariot, Apollo and another goddess (the inscription "beautiful" refers to the first goddess); Apollo playing kithara (probably with seven strings); he may be plucking the strings (depiction not clear); his right arm on his side; no plektron visible; on shoulders: Male figure on horse, youths and man in chariot.

Iconclass

92B3731
Apollo playing the lyre, Apollo Citharoedus

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3877