Attic Red-Figure Cup Type C

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Attic Red-Figure Cup Type C

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Apollodoros worked as a vase-painter in Athens in the period around 500 B.C. He signed his name to two cups, and many more have been attributed to him on the basis of style. He worked in the red-figure technique; like many vase-painters, he tended to specialize in the decoration of cups. The process of identifying the work of Apollodoros shows the difficulties in recognizing the work of ancient ar

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Date: about 500 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

In the tondo is a standing bearded male, who is partly draped. He leans on a knobbed stick. Behind him is an altar, and in front of him hangs an aryballos, strigil and sponge. Inscribed: HO ?A?OS KA?OS (HO ?AIS KA?OS, "the boy is beautiful").

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