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Attic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment (comprised of 6 joined fragments)
Creator
MakronArtist
All works by this person →A vase-painter in Athens from about 490 to 480 B.C., Makron worked exclusively in the red-figure technique. He specialized in the decoration of cups but occasionally worked with other types of vessels. Unlike many other vase-painters of this period, Makron does not seem to have worked with a variety of potters, moving from workshop to workshop. Instead, he appears to have had a steady collaboratio
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- 490–480 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek (Attic)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- f3344324-b613-401a-a8a1-bb2ce431ce43
Exterior: two groups of three men leaning on staffs. Each appears to wear only a himation. Part of one figure occurs on the joining fragment, 81.AE.206.B.24.g. Interior: within a band of meander pattern, a seated bare-chested male (bearded, bald, wearing a wreath of red flowers, a himation and shoes) holds a staff in his left hand and raises up his right before a nude youth (torso and upper legs survive) who offers a plate of food.
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