Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings)

Washing Painter

ca. 430–420 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Bride with attendants Scenes of brides such as this are basically variants of those showing women in their domestic interiors. The nuptial representations are distinguished by objects that are specific to weddings. In this scene, the loutrophoros carried by the woman at left is special. Loutrophoroi contained water for the nuptial bath; they were also used as grave-markers for women who died unmarried.

Artist

Washing Painter

Date

ca. 430–420 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907