COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1928.859
AMICA Library Year:
2003
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Group R
Creator Nationality:
Greek
Creator Role:
artist
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Group R
Title:
White-Ground Lekythos (Funerary Oil Pitcher)
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Detail
Creation Date:
c. 420 BC
Creation Start Date:
-425
Creation End Date:
-415
Materials and Techniques:
painted terracotta
Classification Term:
Ceramic
Style or Period:
Greece, Attic, 5th Century BC
Dimensions:
Overall: 49.5cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1928.859
Credit Line:
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Context:
The white-ground technique was the closest form to ancient wall painting. The artist covered the area of the vessel that was to be decorated with a thick white slip and then he drew the figures and subsidiary decoration on that ground.Scene: Three youths at a tomb.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1928.859det02.tif
