Fragment from Red-Figure Kylix: Nereus(?) and Nereid
c. 470–460 BC
Pistoxenos Painter
Pistoxenos Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 470–460 BC)
Greek and Roman Art
Fragment from Red-Figure Kylix: Nereus(?) and Nereid, c. 470–460 BC. Manner of Pistoxenos Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 470–460 BC). Ceramic; overall: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1924.537 Broken from the rim and bowl of a drinking cup, this fragment shows a woman looking back and moving away from a bearded man. Because she holds a dolphin, she is likely a Nereid, or sea nymph. The man may be her father, Nereus, although he is usually shown with white hair and beard (appropriately, for he is often called “Old Man of the Sea”). Nereus, a god of the sea, had 50 daughters, known as Nereids.
- Maker/Artist
- Pistoxenos Painter
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- ceramic
- Medium
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1924.537
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. H. Wade
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 102B Greek
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