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| Keywords: Walters-Dresden Painter - Bell-Krater with Satyrs and Maenads and Three Draped Men - Walters 4875 - Side B.jpg This red-figure bell-krater depicts satyrs and maenads revelling on the front On the left a satyr wearing a fawn skin for a cloak and a wreath stands to the right; in his right hand he holds up a thyrsos from which an ivy vine hangs In front of him a maenad dances right looking around She wears a peplos girded at the waist bracelets earring wreath and possibly a necklace Over her head she holds a thyrsos in her right hand and in her left is a tympanum Next comes a satyr who goes right looking around He also wears a fawn skin for a cloak and a wreath His right arm is extended back over his head and in his left hand he holds a thyrsos On the right another maenad dances right looking around She wears a peplos diadem earring necklace bracelets and wreath and holds a ribbon between her hands Rocks and foliage fill out the scene On the back are three mantled youths two to the right and the third to the left The first holds a circular object possibly a aryballos in his extended right hand The one in the center gestures withhis right hand The third holds an aryballos by a string in his extended right hand A strigil hangs by his head The last two wear fillets Revelling satyrs and maenads is a popular subject at this time and similarly posed dancing figures are common ca 390 380 BC late Classical terracotta with handles cm 33 6 34 7 h x diam ; at mout cm 34 2 diam ; at foot cm 17 1 diam accession number 48 75 30808 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome cat no 195 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Walters-Dresden Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
