Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Thalia Painter
510–500 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Archaic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Accession Number
2011.604.1.3141
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Thalia Painter
Thalia Painter was an Athenian vase painter active in the late Archaic period, roughly 520–500 BCE. Working exclusively in the red-figure technique on drinking cups (kylikes), he belonged to the vibrant tradition of Attic pottery production centered in Athens. His conventional name derives from the inscription “Thalia” that appears on one of his most characteristic works, a bilingual cup found at ...