Apollo seated with kithara

Class of the Oxford Siren-Jug (6th century BCE) (follower or school of)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
525-500 BCE
Height:
21.6 cm  (8 1/2 in.)
Width:
13.9 cm  (5 1/2 in.)
Diameter:
8.0 cm  (3 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
terracotta, black-figured

Additional titles

Oinochoe

Description

In the middle Apollo (seated) seems to be holding a kithara (depiction not clear) with three strings visible, looking at a satyr; on the right side a maenad dancing.

Iconclass

92B373
Apollo playing the lyre, Apollo Citharoedus

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1
Image, Website Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

RIdIM record id

6981