Terracotta amphora (jar)

A black-figure amphora on an orange terracotta ground shows a group of draped, standing figures around a central figure who holds a lyre. The black silhouettes are incised with fine interior details, and a band of ornament runs beneath the shoulder above the scene.

Look closer: A row of small palmette ornaments runs along the shoulder band just above the figures.

Artist

Antimenes Painter

Date

ca. 530–520 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3149 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Ernest Brummer, 1957