RISD 25.090 (Vase)
Arrival of young horseman before a seated man
- ID:
- aa_4591
- Beazley Number:
- 216567
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -460 — ca. -450
- Period:
- Early Classical
- Ceramic Phase:
- Free
- Context:
- Said to be from Sounion
- Region:
- Attica
- Painter:
- Attributed to the Group of the Perseus Dance
- Dimensions:
-
H. 0.221 m., D. 0.178 m.
- Ware:
- Attic Red Figure
- Shape:
- Oinochoe
Date Description
belongs to the period of the Meidias Painter, but probably not by his hand
Decoration Description
Arrival of young horseman before a seated man. At the left a bearded man sits in a chair, facing right. His upper body is nude, the lower part draped in a himation. He wears a white fillet in his hair. In his right hand he holds a long staff. In front of, and facing him, is a youth in a three-quarters view, wearing a chlamys, fastened by a clasp about his neck, and a petasos strapped to his back. The front of his body is nude; beardless, he wears only a fillet. His left hand is on his hip and he holds two spears in his right. Behind him is his horse, head down, as if grazing. Beside, and in back of the horse, is a rectangular tomb stele, surmounted by an offering, and drawn with an attempt at foreshortening. Perhaps this represents the warrior's own monument.
The design occurs in a framed panel. Above there is an egg-and-dart border; below are meanders and saltire squares, and at the sides, a pointed reed pattern between vertical lines.
Notes
- Collection:
- Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Formerly in the Warren collection. Purchased, 1925.
