Detail View: The AMICA Library: Lekythos (oil flask)
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1989.281.72
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Achilles Painter
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Attributed to the Achilles Painter
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Title:
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Lekythos (oil flask)
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 440 B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-442
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Creation End Date:
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-438
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Materials and Techniques:
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Terracotta
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Classification Term:
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Vases
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Dimensions:
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H. 14 3/4 in. (37.39 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1989.281.72
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
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Rights:
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Context:
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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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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.gr1989.281.72.R.tif
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