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| Keywords: Altamura Painter - Red-Figure Calyx Krater - Walters 48262 - Side B Detail.jpg The scene on this krater depicts another milestone in the life of a young man At the culmination of years of training a warrior stands beside the family altar preparing to leave for war He wears a short tunic under a cuirass breastplate and holds his spear in his left hand A young woman on the right readies his shield and stretches out her hand to pass his helmet across the altar A krater is a large wide-mouth vessel used for mixing water and wine; if the handles are in the low position seen here it is called a calyx krater between 470 460 BC Classical terracotta cm 35 9 35 8 accession number 48 262 8994 Thomas B Clarke New York until 1925 Thomas B Clarke Sale American Art Gallery New York January 7-10 1925 no 625 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Altamura Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Costume in ancient Greece | ||||
