COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MIA_.83.80
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
The Methyse Painter
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Greek
Creator Name-CRT:
attributed to The Methyse Painter
Title:
Red-figure volute krater
View:
Front
Creation Date:
460 B.C. - 450 B.C.
Creation Start Date:
-460
Creation End Date:
-450
Materials and Techniques:
slip-glazed earthenware
Classification Term:
pottery
Dimensions:
H.23-1/2 x Dia.13-3/4 in.
Component Measured:
overall
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number:
83.80
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Dayton
Context:
The Methyse Painter was one of the earliest red-figure painters of the classical period. The scenes on this votute krater, a vessel for mixing wine with water, illustrate the transition from the robust, animated figures of the late Archaic style to the quiet, inactive subjects of the classical style.
On the front is a lively procession, with the wine god Dionysus amid his entourage of cavorting satyrs and maenads, or female devotees. Of particular interest is the child-satyr who, in an apparently unique representation, rides on the shoulders of one of the maenads. The Dionysiac theme is continued on the reverse, where two satyrs accost a maenad.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.1713c.tif
