Terracotta Stamnos Attributed to the Group of Louvre F314 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2023

Title: Terracotta stamnos (jar)

Artist: Attributed to the Group of Louvre F 314

Period: Archaic

Date: last quarter of 6th century BCE

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; black-figure

Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896

Accession Number: 96.18.51


Obverse, Dionysos with satyr and maenads
Reverse, maenads

The god Dionysos brought to mankind the gift of wine with its power to suppress misery and afford escape into an altered state. His followers–the half-animal satyrs and wild maenads–express this release. Here a satyr plays the kithara, a large lyre used for public performances, while two maenads dance.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246570