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Trainer
The young man is characterized as a trainer by the himation (overgarment) draped over his body and the staff on which he leans. The strigil (scraper) suspended before him and the column behind him indicate a setting for the training of athletes. The painter's artistic ambitions appear in the representation of the figure from the back.
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Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Period: Late Archaic
Date: 1st quarter of 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; white-ground
Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harry G. Friedman, 1953
Object Number: 53.149
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