Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Dionysos (god of wine) with a satyr and goat
The decoration on the body is executed in a combination of black silhouette and outline drawing on a white ground. Such works, known as semioutline lekythoi, are associated with the workshops of two closely related artists, the Bowdoin Painter and the Athena Painter. The technique represents a modification of black-figure at a time when red-figure was gaining popularity.
The decoration on the body is executed in a combination of black silhouette and outline drawing on a white ground. Such works, known as semioutline lekythoi, are associated with the workshops of two closely related artists, the Bowdoin Painter and the Athena Painter. The technique represents a modification of black-figure at a time when red-figure was gaining popularity.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Workshop of the Bowdoin Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 480 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground
- Dimensions: 9 5/16 x 3 1/4 in. (23.7 x 8.3 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
- Object Number: 08.258.28
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Bowdoin Painter
mid-5th century BCE
Bowdoin Painter
ca. 480–470 BCE
Bowdoin Painter
ca. 480 BCE
Bowdoin Painter
ca. 480–470 BCE
Bowdoin Painter
480–470 BCE
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