Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Sabouroff Painter
ca. 450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Charon, Hermes, and youth Hermes, identifiable by his winged boots and herald's staff, beckons a young man, the deceased, toward Charon's boat. Charon wears the clothing typical of a Greek workman—the exomis, a tunic that is fastened on one shoulder and leaves both arms free and bare, and a cap with a narrow brim.
- Artist
- Sabouroff Painter
- Date
- ca. 450 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1921
