Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Euaion Painter

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior, chair; bearded male with himation, holding stick in his left hand, facing a youth with shield and spear; Obverse, two youths wearing himatia, the one on the left leans on a stick, the one on the right holds a staff, woman with right arm extended, holding an oinochoe or lekythos in her left hand, youth with himation draped over his shoulders holding a stick in his right hand facing the lower body of a draped figure with stick; Reverse, lower legs and himation of a male leaning on a stick, lower legs and drapery of a male with stick, male with himation whose right hand is holding a stick, with his left hand on hip, woman holding a vase in her right hand and gesturing with her left hand to the youth in front of her who has a himation draped over his shoulders, and holds a phiale in his right hand and a staff in his left

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