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| Keywords: Tarporley Painter - Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Maenad - Walters 482760 - Side B.jpg Scenes related to the wine-god Dionysus are appropriate for kraters as these vessels were used to mix wine and water Here an old satyr hands a cup to a maenad wearing a short dress and an animal skin-clothing normally associated with the goddess Artemis or an Amazon On the opposite side two youths in mantles are engaged in conversation The Tarporley Painter is named after the previous owner of one of the vases he created He is the most important painter to work in the early plain style of Apulian vase painting The bell krater was his favorite vase shape and Dionysiac themes are common in his work ca 380 BC Classical terracotta cm 49 5 29 8 accession number 48 2760 7369 Münzen und Medaillen A G Basel Switzerland Marilyn and Herbert Scher Pikesville Maryland June 29 1983 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Marilyn and Herbert Scher 2003 place of origin Apulia Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Tarporley Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Ancient Greek pottery from Italy | ||||
