Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Euaion Painter
ca. 460–450 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); diameter 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Classical
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase by subscription, 1896
Accession Number
96.18.119
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenMale Nudes
About the Artist
Euaion Painter
**The Euaion Painter** was an ancient Greek Attic vase painter active in Athens from approximately 460 to 440 BCE. Like most vase painters of the period, his true name remains unknown; scholars named him after the inscription “Euaion kalos” (“Euaion the fair”) that appears on one of his works now in the Louvre. This Euaion was the son of the tragedian Aeschylus and a favorite subject of contempora...