Skip to main content

Athenian pelike with two draped youths

Image attached to GR.25.1937

An image of Vessel/Pelike/Jar. Pelike with a seated king (Aigeus and Theseus), and two draped youths. Clay, red-figured, height 0.505m, width 0.225m. Classical Period. 440-430 B.C. Production place: Athens.

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

About this image

Vessel/Pelike/Jar. Pelike with a seated king (Aigeus and Theseus), and two draped youths. Clay, red-figured, height 0.505m, width 0.225m. Classical Period. 440-430 B.C. Production place: Athens.

Image data

  • Accession Number: GR.25.1937
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 754 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 104.91kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2013:11:22 13:28:22

Key words

5th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Athenian Attic BC Classical Greek Period clay container draped draperies drapery Fitz_ANT Greek handled jar male man men pelike red-figured vessel young youth

Colours in this image

rgb(47,43,39), rgb(165,87,47), rgb(232,232,232), rgb(208,119,64), rgb(136,136,135), rgb(185,184,184), rgb(98,108,102), rgb(183,151,135), rgb(197,177,158), rgb(100,100,124), rgb(212,193,185)

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Athenian pelike with two draped youths" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-201165 Accessed: 2024-04-18 04:04:37

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-201165 |title=Athenian pelike with two draped youths |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-18 04:04:37|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-201164

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant47/gr_25_1937_1_201311_mfj22_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Pelike"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Athenian pelike with two draped youths</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...