Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Seated youth and woman
Seated on a stool, the young man hands what appears to be a piece of fruit to the woman standing before him. An oinochoe (jug), a mirror, and a sakkos (snood) are suspended in the background. It is impossible to determine whether this is a vignette of daily life, as depicted by Douris, the Villa Giulia Painter, and many other artists of the mid and later fifth century B.C. It may instead be a funerary representation as depicted on grave stelai; the youth would be the deceased.
Seated on a stool, the young man hands what appears to be a piece of fruit to the woman standing before him. An oinochoe (jug), a mirror, and a sakkos (snood) are suspended in the background. It is impossible to determine whether this is a vignette of daily life, as depicted by Douris, the Villa Giulia Painter, and many other artists of the mid and later fifth century B.C. It may instead be a funerary representation as depicted on grave stelai; the youth would be the deceased.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Achilles Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 440 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; white-ground
- Dimensions: H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
- Object Number: 07.286.42
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Achilles Painter
ca. 450–440 BCE
Achilles Painter
ca. 440 BCE
Achilles Painter
ca. 440 BCE
Achilles Painter
ca. 450 BCE
Achilles Painter
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