Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Thanatos Painter
ca. 440–430 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Woman and girl at a tomb The young woman at right is bringing an alabastron (perfume vase) and a fillet. The added color of her garments is lost. The woman at left may be her mistress, and may be deceased. The stool on top of the grave monument cannot surely be explained.
- Artist
- Thanatos Painter
- Date
- ca. 440–430 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1912
