Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Cup

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Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Cup

Creator

Oltos

Painter

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As a vase-painter in Athens in the period from about 525 to 500 B.C., Oltos worked in red-figure in the early days of the technique. He also produced several bilingual cups with red-figure decoration on the exterior and black-figure on the interior, a type that was popular in this period. Although Oltos specialized in the decoration of cups, he produced a range of other shapes as well. Scholars ha

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Date
about 510 B.C.
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Department
Vessels
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
6ba7b5d6-319c-41e0-bfea-d6691fe101d0

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The cup is composed from multiple fragments, with large areas missing. On A, the head and shoulders of Herakles, wearing a lion's skin. He advances to the right, with his left arm outstreched, followed by Hermes (head, upper body, and one leg, with his kerykeion (?) in added red). Two feet, presumably belonging to a single figure, are preserved at the lower right of the scene. The lower part of a greave (?) is preserved above each foot. . On B, the legs of a running Amazon, followed by a rider wearing patterned clothing with sleeves and trousers, a soft hat and a quiver, and a second armed rider (hoplite shield, quiver). Palmette complexes under handles, and a band of palmettes underneath the frieze. Tondo: very fragmentary - feet and hat of a single figure (Amazon?), holding spear (?)

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