Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Horseman and tomb
Horsemen and chariots have a long tradition in Greek funerary iconography. In this very late manifestation, the rapidity but surety of execution heightens the question of whether the scene is to be understood literally or whether the horseman is a representation of the deceased.
Horsemen and chariots have a long tradition in Greek funerary iconography. In this very late manifestation, the rapidity but surety of execution heightens the question of whether the scene is to be understood literally or whether the horseman is a representation of the deceased.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Reed Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 430–420 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground
- Dimensions: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harry G. Friedman, 1953
- Object Number: 53.107
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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