Make Music – I: Aulos Player
A draped youth facing left and playing pipes, double aulos. A basket hangs from his shoulders. Behind him a kline, special bed used by symposiasts, a pillow and a walking-stick. Along the frieze framing the inner tondo, inscription in two lines: ΗΟ ΠΑΙΣ | ΚΑΛΟΣ – “the boy is handsome”.
This kylix is attributed to “The Brygos Painter”, an ancient Greek Attic red-figure vase painter of the Late Archaic period. Together with Onesimos, Douris and Makron, he is among the most important cup painters of his time. He was active in the first third of the 5th century BCE, especially in the 480s and 470s BC.
CARC / CAVI @ www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
Attic red figure kylix
Height: 8 cm. ; Diameter. : 20,50 cm.
Attributed to The Brygos Painter
Late Archaic Period
Ca. 480 - 490 BC
From Vulci, Etruria
Paris, Musée du Louvre – Inv G 313
Make Music – I: Aulos Player
A draped youth facing left and playing pipes, double aulos. A basket hangs from his shoulders. Behind him a kline, special bed used by symposiasts, a pillow and a walking-stick. Along the frieze framing the inner tondo, inscription in two lines: ΗΟ ΠΑΙΣ | ΚΑΛΟΣ – “the boy is handsome”.
This kylix is attributed to “The Brygos Painter”, an ancient Greek Attic red-figure vase painter of the Late Archaic period. Together with Onesimos, Douris and Makron, he is among the most important cup painters of his time. He was active in the first third of the 5th century BCE, especially in the 480s and 470s BC.
CARC / CAVI @ www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
Attic red figure kylix
Height: 8 cm. ; Diameter. : 20,50 cm.
Attributed to The Brygos Painter
Late Archaic Period
Ca. 480 - 490 BC
From Vulci, Etruria
Paris, Musée du Louvre – Inv G 313