Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Achilles Painter

ca. 440 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Woman and youth The pigment of the youth's himation (cloak) is lost. The scene may be one of greeting or farewell. Because white-ground lekythoi served as funerary vases at this time, the subject is probably one of farewell, set in the woman's quarters of a house.

Artist

Achilles Painter

Date

ca. 440 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1908