New York 25.190 (Vase)
Pompe (personification of Procession) with Eros and Dionysos
- ID:
- aa_5805
- Beazley Number:
- 503
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -370 — ca. -360
- Period:
- Late Classical
- Context:
- Said to be from Athens
- Painter:
- Pompe Painter
- Dimensions:
- H. 0.235 m; max. diam. (body) 0.173 m
- Ware:
- Attic Red Figure, Kerch
- Shape:
- Chous
Decoration Description
Nude, white, Eros (labelled), standing on a rocky piece of land (?), near profile to the right, bent over to tie his left sandal (drawn in tiny red lines) with both hands, with his weight on his slightly bent right leg, his bent left leg raised, with frontal, relief gold wings, red/black medium-length, curly hair, ringlets by each ear; tripod kanoun, with lion-claw feet, in gold-decorated relief; Pompe (labelled), standing 3/4-view to the left, with her head profile to the right, her weight on her right leg, and her left leg bent, wearing a purple (?) himation draped around her lower body, held between her knees, and veiled up over her back (she holds the top edge in her mouth), over a pink chiton (?), a relief grain wreath, a relief beaded necklace, a single bead earring, two relief bands on each wrist, and a white anklet on each foot (perhaps denoting the edge of each slipper?), holds an untied wreath between both hands, her right hand raised above her shoulder, and her left hand just above waist level; Dionysos (said to be labelled) seated 3/4-view to the right, in a chair mounted on low platform, with his head turned profile to the left, his right leg pulled back, his left leg extended to the right, wearing a himation draped around his lower body, and up over his back, slightly protruding over his shoulders, and a relief red ivy wreath, his hair tied back, but long ringlets cascading over his shoulder, rests his right arm on the back of his klismos, and holds in his upraised left hand an upright thyrsos with a gold finial.
- Collection:
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Purchased in 1925. Formerly in the Peytel Collection.
Citations and Bibliography
BABesch 42 (1967) 77 fig. 4; E. Simon, "Attische Monatsbilder," JdI 80 (1965) 121, fig. 12; Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949) pl. 4.1; AJA 49 (1945) 519-25, fig. 1; A.W. Byvanck, "Onderzoekingen over de Kunst der vierde Eeuw vr Christus. VIII. De Kunst omstreeks het Midden en Gedurende de Tweede helft van de Vierde eeuw," BABesch 20 (1945) 23-25, fig. 25;