Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Mannerist Group

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Obverse, youth putting on armor, surrounded by two men and a woman Reverse, youth with Nike (the personification of victory) and elderly man On one side of this vase, a youth dons the armor of a hoplite (foot soldier) in preparation for military service. On the other side, he returns victorious to be greeted by a winged Nike.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art