Apollo Citharoedus
The painted scene shows the Apollonian Triad, Hermes and a young man portrayed scaled-down.
A deer identifies the female character painted on the left side of the scene as Artemis. She raises the left hand and offers a “phiale” to her brother Apollo, portrayed as “citharoedus”. Their mother, Leto, standing on the right side, closes the composition. In the middle of the scene there is Hermes holding the caduceus, the more common iconographic symbol used for his identification. A young man, elegantly wrapped in his cloak, is standing among these deities.
Attic red-figure neck pelike
H. 45.8 cm.; Rim dim. 16.5 cm.
Attributed to The Oenanthe Painter
460 - 450 BC
From Norcia, Etruria
Rome, Vatican Museums, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Inv. no. MV 17851
Apollo Citharoedus
The painted scene shows the Apollonian Triad, Hermes and a young man portrayed scaled-down.
A deer identifies the female character painted on the left side of the scene as Artemis. She raises the left hand and offers a “phiale” to her brother Apollo, portrayed as “citharoedus”. Their mother, Leto, standing on the right side, closes the composition. In the middle of the scene there is Hermes holding the caduceus, the more common iconographic symbol used for his identification. A young man, elegantly wrapped in his cloak, is standing among these deities.
Attic red-figure neck pelike
H. 45.8 cm.; Rim dim. 16.5 cm.
Attributed to The Oenanthe Painter
460 - 450 BC
From Norcia, Etruria
Rome, Vatican Museums, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Inv. no. MV 17851