Athletes practicing

Kephisophon Painter (active ca. 500 BCE) (attributed to)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
ca. 500-490 BCE
Height:
12.8 cm  (5 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
terracotta (black-figured on white ground)
School:
Attic

Additional titles

Lekythos

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 08.258.30]

Description

Aulos player in front of a youth (probably an athlete) who is jumping; behind the aulos player two other youths (probably also athletes).

Iconclass

43C3
athletics, gymnastics

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3880