Stand with a Gorgoneion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2018

Terracotta stand,ca. 570 B.C.

Signed by Ergotimos

Gorgoneion (Gorgon's face)

Ergotimos and Kleitias signed a large volute-krater, now in the Archaeological Museum, Florence, that is a veritable compendium of Greek mythology, particularly relating to Achilles. This stand is the only other preserved work with their signatures. The three Gorgons were so horrible-looking that whoever saw them turned to stone. In Archaic art, the face is a frequent motif, partly because it fits well into a circular format.



Terracotta stand

Signed by Ergotimos as potter

Signed by Kleitias as painter

Period: Archaic

Date: ca. 570 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; black-figure

Dimensions: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1931

Accession Number: 31.11.4


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/253342