The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for a Greek, Attic terracotta bell-krater attributed to the Painter of London E 497, ca. 440 BCE, Classical period. The record carries the museum's own Getty AAT-linked subject tag Orpheus, alongside Men, Women, Musicians and Lyres, identifying the vase's scene as Orpheus among his listeners, a standard subject of Attic vase painting of this date. Fletcher Fund, 1924. Accession number 24.97.30.
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The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its attribution and accession number, carrying the museum's own controlled-vocabulary Orpheus tag, though no narrative description of the scene. Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251491
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Orpheus directly: "The record carries the museum's own Getty AAT-linked subject tag Orpheus, alongside Men, Women, Musicians and Lyres, identifying the vase's scene as Orpheus among his listeners, a standard subject..."
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)
This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 18 claims: 15 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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