Fragment of a terracotta vase
Lion Painter
ca. 630–620 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
During the second half of the seventh century B.C. Athenian vase painters adopted the black-figure technique, which had been developed earlier at Corinth, as well as a taste for animal subjects that predominated on Corinthian vases. This large head of a lion owes much to the Corinthian tradition, both in technique and in drawing style.
- Artist
- Lion Painter
- Date
- ca. 630–620 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1938
