Keywords: Painter of London D 12 - Kylix with Woman and Music Lesson - Walters 4893 - Side A.jpg This red-figure kylix depicts a woman standing to the left in the tondo She extends her right hand in which she holds a length of a wool that comes out of a kalathos on the ground before her Behind on the upper right hangs a mirror She wears a chiton mantle and fillet On the front side are three youths in a music lesson On the left a youth sits to the right on a diphros holding a barbiton upright on his lap with his left hand and a plectron in the right which is attached to the instrument by a string A bag hangs behind him An older youth in the center sits frontally on a diphros head to the left In his outstretched right hand he has a staff and in the left he holds a bag on his lap Between them hangs a pair of sandals one in profile the other shown from the bottom On the right another youth stands to the left holding out a lyre in his right hand; a plectron hangs from a string attached to the lyre All three wear a mantle and fillet On the back three youths are again depicted in a music lesson On the left a youth playing auloi sits on a diphros in profile to the right A pair of sandals hangs behind him as on the front In the center another youth stands in profile to the left A flute case and a bag hang between them On the right a third youth stands to the left holding out a lyre in his right hand; a plectron hangs from a string attached to it All three wear mantle and fillet ca 470 460 BC Classical terracotta H with handles 3 7/8 x Diam with handles 12 1/2 in 9 9 x 31 7 cm ; Diam at mouth cm 24 3 ; Diam at foot cm 9 7 accession number 48 93 19953 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome 1897 cat no 241 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 inscription place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Painter of London D 12 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Kylixes Music lessons in art |