Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Winged man between onlookers
Winged male figures that are distinct from Hermes appear quite frequently in Attic art of the mid-sixth century B.C. Without inscriptions they are difficult to identify. In all of Greek art, the distinction between the human and the divine, the tangible and intangible, is elusive. Although we do not know his name, this figure surely moves between various orders of reality.
Winged male figures that are distinct from Hermes appear quite frequently in Attic art of the mid-sixth century B.C. Without inscriptions they are difficult to identify. In all of Greek art, the distinction between the human and the divine, the tangible and intangible, is elusive. Although we do not know his name, this figure surely moves between various orders of reality.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Affecter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 550 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 6 7/16 in. (16.3 cm)
diameter of body 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)
diameter of mouth 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gift and Rogers Fund, 1979
- Object Number: 1979.11.17
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek, Cretan
late 7th century BCE
Affecter
ca. 540 BCE
Affecter
ca. 550–540 BCE
Affecter
ca. 560 BCE
Affecter
ca. 550–530 BCE
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