Keywords: Painter of Munich 2335 - Column-Krater with a Komos and Three Maenads - Walters 4868 - Interior.jpg This red-figure column-krater depicts a komos On the front are three males and a woman On the left a bearded mantled man moves left looking at a skyphos less handles which he holds up in his right hand; a staff is in the left He wears a thick fillet in reserve around his head Part of the front of the figure and skyphos extend into and beyond the left border of the picture field The front of his right foot has been covered with glaze Behind him a youth with barbiton moves right He has a mantle draped over his left shoulder and a similar band around his head In his right hand he holds up a plectron In front of him a bearded mantled man moves right looking around He has a staff in his right hand and a band around his head On the far right is a woman wearing a chiton mantle necklace and fillet moving right and looking around She holds a pair of auloi in her left hand Her left foot overlaps the right border of the picture field The short cropped hair gives her an androgynous appearance suggesting that the painter might have been confused as to the sex of the figure On the back are three maenads On the left a woman in a chiton and mantle who holds a thyrsos in her right hand stands in profile to the right In the center another woman in a chiton and mantle stands to the left extending her right arm On the right a third woman in chiton and mantle moves left looking around A bag hangs between the last two figures On the rim are silhouettes of confronted lions and boars ca 440 430 BC Classical terracotta cm 35 9 27 h x max diam ; at mouth cm 28 2 diam ; at foot cm 14 1 diam accession number 48 68 38736 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Déjà Vu Recurrence The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007-2008 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Painter of Munich 2335 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update |