--- title: Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah author: British Museum source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13547/vase-painting-of-a-man-with-his-cheetah/ format: machine-readable-alternate license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) updated: 2024-10-01 --- # Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah _Authored by British Museum_ ## Image File [![Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13547.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13547.jpg) ## Image Caption A red-figure vase painting depicting a bearded man with his pet cheetah. The man holds a walking stick in one hand, and with the other he leads the cheetah by a red leash connected to its collar. Attributed to the painter Apollodorus. Produced in Attica, c. 490 BCE. Found in [Vulci](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vulci/), [Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/). Diameter: 19.5 cm (7.6 in). The British Museum, London. ## Cite This Work ### APA Museum, B. (2021, March 04). Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah. *World History Encyclopedia*. ### Chicago Museum, British. "Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 04, 2021. . ### MLA Museum, British. "Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah." *World History Encyclopedia*, 04 Mar 2021, . ## License & Copyright The British Museum has released this image under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International ([CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)) license. You can read more about the British Museum and Creative Commons [here](https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/copyright_and_permissions.aspx). [Original image](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1836-0224-230) by [**British Museum**](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1836-0224-230). Submitted by [Arienne King](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ava.spartan.117/ "User Page: Arienne King"), published on 04 March 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.