Orestes at Delphi
- Title
- Orestes at Delphi
- Repository
- British Museum
- Alternative
- Bell-krater
- Creator
- Python II
- Photographer
- Lowenstam, Steven
- Creator Display
- attributed to Python II (Greek vase painter, active 4th century BCE)
- Description
- Smith, A H; Pryce, F N, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 2, British Museum 2, London, BMP, 1926 Pottery: red-figured bell-krater (wine-bowl) with Orestes kneeling beside the omphalos and tripod at Delphi, as he seeks sanctuary from the avenging Furies. Athena and Apollo intervene on his behalf and he is purified of the killing of his mother. --The British Museum
- View
- Front
- Coverage
- Paestum, Campania, Italy (creation)
- Temporal
- 360-320 BCE
- Subject
- Darius Painter Pottery VI--Italian
- Style Period
- Red-figure Paestan (pottery style)
- Work Type
- bell kraters
- Date
- -0360/-0320
- Identifier
- Lowenstam_VRC_06817
- Item Locator
- Box 15, Section 25
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- University of Oregon, Department of Classics
- Local Collection Name
- Steven Lowenstam Collection
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- Height: 56.5 cm Diameter: 52.5 cm Weight: 12 kg
- Material
- pottery | painted
- Set
- Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Primary Set
- Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Id Current Repository
- 1917,1210.1
