Keywords: Painter of London F 1 - Red-Figure Krater with Three Standing Figures - Walters 48261 - Side B.jpg It is sometimes easy to determine which side of an ancient Greek vase was meant to face the viewer the front differs from the back the B-side in the quality and sophistication of the decoration The winged Nike on the front of this krater mixing vessel is much more skillfully rendered than the three male figures on the back which were most likely executed by an apprentice in the workshop This scene of three standing Athenian youths in conversation is a common subject for the B-side of vases between 390 380 BC Classical terracotta cm 28 6 29 2 accession number 48 261 306 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Things With Wings Mythological Figures in Ancient Greek Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2005-2006 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 Painter of London F 1 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Courtship between males who are talking Bell kraters |