Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
490–470 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Late Archaic/Early Classical
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
2011.604.1.6707
Art Historical Context
This exquisite terracotta fragment from a kylix, or shallow drinking cup, hails from Attic Greece during the Late Archaic to Early Classical period (490–470 BCE). Attributed to the masterful Brygos Painter, one of the era's premier red-figure vase painters, it exemplifies the pinnacle of Athenian pottery craftsmanship. The Brygos Painter was renowned for his dynamic compositions, lively figures, and meticulous attention to anatomy and movement, often adorning kylikes with scenes from mythology, daily life, or symposia—isterous banquets central to Greek social culture. As a kylix fragment, thi...
About the Artist
Brygos Painter
The Brygos Painter is one of the most gifted and prolific red-figure vase painters of ancient Athens, active in the early fifth century BCE during one of the most dynamic periods of Greek artistic development. Like most ancient Greek vase painters, he is known to us not by his personal name but by a conventional scholarly designation — in this case derived from the potter Brygos, whose name appear...