Column Krater (Mixing Bowl)
460-450 BCE
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Dimensions
41.3 × 34.9 × 28.6 cm (16 1/4 × 13 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
vessel
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3479
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
On the front of this vase are four youths: the centre pair younger, tightly wrapped in himatia, the flankers, older, that on the left holding a stick, on the right a scraper. Hung up between the pairs is a large sponge (no sign of an aryballos). On the reverse are three youths in himatia. On the left, one faces to the right and gestures with his right hand; the one in the centre faces right but makes no gesture; that on the right faces left seems to move forward and gestures with his right hand....
About the Artist
Ancient Greek
The artist known simply as "Ancient Greek" represents the anonymous masters of Attic vase painting, a cornerstone of Classical Greek art from the Archaic and Classical periods (circa 700–300 BCE). Little is known of their personal life, as ancient Greek potters and painters rarely signed their works or left biographical traces; early life and training remain not well documented. These creators ope...