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| Keywords: Carlsruhe Painter - Stemless Kylix Depicting Nike and Ruler and Hermes and a Woman - Walters 4894 - Side A.jpg This red-figure stemless kylix depicts Nike and a king in tondo She stands on the left in profile to the right gesturing with both hands at her sides He faces her holding a scepter upright in his right hand She wears a chiton mantle and earring and he a mantle; her hair is held in place by a cloth wrapping decorated with dots On the sides of the kylix Hermes is depicted pursuing a woman On the front Hermes rushes right holding out a kerykeion in his left hand He pursues a woman who runs right looking around She extends her right hand toward him He wears a chlamys and traveller's sandals and has a petasos hanging down his back She wears a chiton and mantle On the back Hermes runs to the left his draped left arm extended He wears a chlamys with brooch and traveller's sandals; a petasos hangs down his back He holds a kerykeion behind in his right hand The woman runs left looking around arms extended to either side She wears a chiton mantle and earring Her hair is held in place by a cloth wrapping decorated with dots Between the two falls a sprig which she may have originally held Gods pursuing their loves is a common subject on 5th-century Attic red-figure vases but Hermes is represented less frequently than many other gods Since none of the women Hermes pursues is inscribed or has an attribute that reveals her identity they must remain nameless ca 450 440 BC Classical terracotta with handles cm 6 3 28 6 h x diam ; at mout cm 21 4 diam ; at foot cm 12 4 diam accession number 48 94 7229 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome no 185 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Things With Wings Mythological Figures in Ancient Greek Art Ward Museum Salisbury 2009 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Carlsruhe Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Hermes in ancient Greek pottery | ||||
