Fragment of a Terracotta Skyphos Attributed to the Palermo Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010

Fragment Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Greek, South Italian, Lucanian, red-figure, ca. 430-400 BC
Attributed to the Palermo Painter
Enthroned Zeus

Accession # 11.212.12

The Palermo Painter was a follower of the Amykos Painter but shows a much greater interest in detail and texture. The king of the gods sits on a throne whose armrest is embellished with a lion and a small face. He holds a scepter surmounted with a bird. Eros, god of love, hovers with a wreath and looks back at a figure who may be the seated Hera, Zeus' wife.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.