Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Quadrate Painter

ca. 420 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Woman and young warrior at a tomb The warrior is equipped with a helmet and spear. Of particular note is marvelous fluency in the rendering of the woman, caught as she sinks to her knees with her arms raised in grief over her head.

Artist

Quadrate Painter

Date

ca. 420 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906