Keywords: Altamura Painter - Red-Figure Calyx Krater - Walters 48262 - Side A 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 artist update Costume in ancient Greece War in art |