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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
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
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