On red-figure ware, figures were reserved in the color of the clay against the glazed black background; contours and inner lines were drawn in glaze. The scene on this Attic hydria has been attributed to the Pan Painter, an Early Classical artist still working in the archaizing style of his predecessors. This water jug, outstandingly beautiful among all the Greek vase shapes, was also one of the most difficult to decorate. This gifted artist has arranged the placement of the figures to accentuate the curving surface. The elegantly rendered scene depicts the seated god Apollo with a lyre accepting in the phiale in his outstretched left hand the wine poured from an oinochoe by his twin Artemis, while her attentive fawn watches for any drops that may miss the drinking cup. This mythological scene of gods serving wine to each other was popular among the Athenian vase painters.