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Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Cup
Creator
OnesimosPainter
All works by this person →"Onesimos" means "profitable" in Greek and may have been a nickname. Onesimos worked in Athens in the early 400s B.C. decorating vases. He painted vases primarily in the red-figure technique, but he also decorated some white-ground vases. Although many vase-painters tended to specialize in certain types of vases, Onesimos was unusual in the degree to which he decorated cups almost exclusively. He
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- about 490 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek (Attic)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Interior: A youth takes a shower under a fountain. The fountain is fronted by an Ionic column, and topped by a lion's-head spout. A pair of sandals hangs in the background, one in profile. The column stands on a broad projecting base or step. Of the youth, all that remains is his frontal face and right foot. In the field below the sandals are two inscribed letters.
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