Terracotta Kylix Signed by Hieron as Potter and Attributed to Makron as Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), joined by 1978.11.7a,d; 1980.304; 1988.11.5; 1989.43; 1990.170; 1995.540
ca. 490 B.C.

Signed by Hieron


Object Details

Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), joined by 1978.11.7a,d; 1980.304; 1988.11.5; 1989.43; 1990.170; 1995.540

Signed by Hieron as potter

Attributed to Makron

Period: Late Archaic

Date: ca. 490 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: diameter (estimated) 13in. (33cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fried Gift, 1979 (1979.11.9)
Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. and Stuart Tray Gifts, 1978 (1978.11.7a, d)
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1980 (1980.304)
The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1988 (1988.11.5)
Gift of Elizabeth Hecht, 1989 (1989.43)
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1995 (1995.540)

Accession Number: 1979.11.9


Interior, man with fillet for a victorious youth
Exterior, obverse and reverse, athletes and men

The scene here takes place in the gymnasium, as indicated by the sponge, strigil (scraper), and aryballos (oil flask) on the wall. Athletes converse among themselves while older trainers are rewarding their young charges.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255652