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Collections

Biscoe Painter (attributed to the)
Attic Red-Figure Pelike with (A) Dionysos between a Satyr Playing the Pipes and a Maenad and (B) Three Youthscirca 440 B.C.

Not on view
Ancient Greek red-figure ceramic amphora with black gloss slip, two handles, and three painted figures in terracotta orange on the body, with palmette neck band and meander border
Red-figure ceramic pelike with two handles, black-glazed ground. Three draped figures in terracotta-red stand in conversation; the central figure holds a staff. A palmette frieze decorates the shoulder, and a meander-and-square border runs along the base of the figured scene.

Biscoe Painter (attributed to the), Attic Red-Figure Pelike with (A) Dionysos between a Satyr Playing the Pipes and a Maenad and (B) Three Youths, circa 440 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Biscoe Painter (attributed to the)
Greece, active circa 440 B.C
Title
Attic Red-Figure Pelike with (A) Dionysos between a Satyr Playing the Pipes and a Maenad and (B) Three Youths
Place Made
Greece, Attica
Date Made
circa 440 B.C.
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 9 11/16 in. (24.60); Diameter: 19 in. (48.26 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.8.7
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Clement, Paul A. "Geryon and Others in Los Angeles." Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 24, no.1 (1955): 1-24.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.