Stamnos (mixing vessel): Dionysos with satyrs and maenads; maenad and satyrs

Artists

Description

Red-figure stamnos. Figures on both sides stands on a groundline consisting of a maeander pattern. A series of palmettes appear under and above each handle. Side A: a thiasos. Dionysos stands in the center flanked on either side by a pair of satyrs and maenads. Bearded, wearing a long himation and ivy wreath, Dionysos twists his upper body to the left and holds a kantharos in his outstretched right arm. In his right hand, is a thyrsos. Side B: a maenad flanked by two satyrs. Wearing a long garment, the maenad stands in the center, facing right, and holding a thyrsos in her right hand. Her hair is pulled back into a patterned cap. On the left, a satyr holds a large wineskin while the figure holds a kantharos aloft in his right hand and a leans slightly on a thyrsos, which he holds in the left.

Dimensions

irregular: 45.4 cm (17 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Sig. Pascale Santa Maria di Capua, (by 1897), sale; to Joseph C. Hoppin, Pomfre, CT (1897-1925), 1897, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1925.