COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.1989.281.72
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MMA_.1989.281.72
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Achilles Painter
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Achilles Painter
Creator Name
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Creator Name-CRT:
Attributed to the Achilles Painter
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Attributed to the Achilles Painter
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Lekythos (oil flask)
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Lekythos (oil flask)
Title
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Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
ca. 440 B.C.
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ca. 440 B.C.
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
-442
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-442
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
-438
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-438
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Terracotta
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Terracotta
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Vases
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Vases
Classification Term
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Dimensions:
H. 14 3/4 in. (37.39 cm)
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H. 14 3/4 in. (37.39 cm)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1989.281.72
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1989.281.72
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
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Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
Credit Line
false
Rights:
orl
<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
This vase which depicts a mourner and the deceased at tomb, exemplifies Attic white-ground funerary lekythoi at their finest. Funerary representations of the sixth century B.C. depicted the deceased surrounded by mourners. By the middle of the fifth century, the deceased was shown either as living or not at all. The figure at the left is a mourner; the deceased is identifiable by the diminutive soul fluttering above his head. The Achilles Painter was one of the foremost red-figure artists of the mid-fifth century B.C. His funerary lekythoi are among the most poignant and beautifully executed.
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<P>This vase which depicts a mourner and the deceased at tomb, exemplifies Attic white-ground funerary lekythoi at their finest. Funerary representations of the sixth century B.C. depicted the deceased surrounded by mourners. By the middle of the fifth century, the deceased was shown either as living or not at all. The figure at the left is a mourner; the deceased is identifiable by the diminutive soul fluttering above his head. The Achilles Painter was one of the foremost red-figure artists of the mid-fifth century B.C. His funerary lekythoi are among the most poignant and beautifully executed.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.gr1989.281.72.R.tif
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MMA_.gr1989.281.72.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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