Harvard Art Museums > 1935.35.59: Kylix (drinking cup): Seated Dionysos Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Kylix (drinking cup): Seated Dionysos (Attributed to The Caylus Painter) , 1935.35.59,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291101. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1935.35.59 People Attributed to The Caylus Painter (active c. 500 BCE) Title Kylix (drinking cup): Seated Dionysos Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 530 BCE-470 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica) Period Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291101 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Black-figure Dimensions 9.8 x 25.3 cm (3 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Bettina Jane Kahnweiler, New York City, NY (by 1935), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1935. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Beazley Archive Database #331990 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler Accession Year 1935 Object Number 1935.35.59 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description On one side of the exterior, an Amazonomachy is depicted. Carrying his club, Herakles charges right toward a fleeing Amazon. The Amazon carries a shield and wears a plumed helmet, her skin colored with added white paint. A winged horse stands to the right, in front of a figure whose feet are preserved. On the opposite side of the scene, a horseman rides to the right, followed by a draped figure, partially preserved, seated on a block. The background is decorated with vines. On the other side of the exterior is the scene of Theseus and the Minotaur. In the center, Theseus slays the Minotaur, with his left arm choking the monster and simultaneously driving a sword with his right arm. Flanking the opponents on either side are women, seated on blocks. To the far left, a draped youth sits on a block while to the far right a second draped man (Dionysos?) sits on a folding stool and holds a drinking horn. Stylized vines decorate the background. On the interior in the tondo is Dionysos. The bearded god sits facing right on a stool, turning his head over his right shoulder. In his left hand is a large drinking horn. Stylized vines decorate the background. Publication History George H. Chase and Mary Zelia Pease, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 8, Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), p. 27-28, pl. 10 J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, 1956), 647.220, 651 Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), vol. 7, p. 215, Pegasos 2. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
