Terracotta Skyphos Attributed to the Pan Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2023

Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Artist: Attributed to the Pan Painter

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 470–460 BCE

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
diameter 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876

Accession Number: 76.12.7


Obverse, Theseus
Reverse, the Minotaur

Many red-figure artists eliminated the narrative element from mythological representations and, instead, highlighted the protagonists. Here, with one protagonist on each side, Theseus's pursuit of the Minotaur becomes timeless and eternal.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/244858