#onesimos

first proper OCCURSE butch????????? what a woman.

yknow savitri? that cuttlefish girl i uploaded recently? well, this is her mentor. head of the royal guard, onesimos.

MWW Artwork of the Day (6/29/22) Onesimos (Greek, fl. early 5th c. BCE) Courtesan and Client (c. 490 BCE) Interior from an Attic red-figured kylix, 18.6 cm. wide The British Museum, London

A courtesan ties up her himation (long garment) again while her middle-aged client watches up. The lyre show her to be a musiciancalled for a banquet. From Vulci. Onesimos was an ancient Athenian vase painter who flourished between 505 and 480 BCE. He specialized in decorating cups, mostly of Type B, which comprise virtually all known examples of his work.  Like many of his fellow red-figure painters, Onesimos emphasized realistically rendered, active figures, and depicted tableaux drawn from daily life as well as scenes from mythology. A number of the pieces painted by Onesimos bear the signature of Euphronios as potter. In light of this evidence of the two artists' close collaboration, as well as similarities in their painting styles, many researchers believe that Onesimos learned his trade as Euphronios's pupil. 

~ Drinking cup (kylix).

Period: Late Archaic Period

Date: ca. 500 B.C.

Artist/Maker: Painter Onesimos

Place of origin: Athens, Attica, Greece