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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Black-figure Attributed to the Athena Painter · Lekythos · 1st quarter of 5th century BCE
Lekythos. Greek, Attic. Archaic. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907. Gallery 154.

Attribution History

Current
Met Museum catalogue
Attributed: Attributed to the Athena Painter
Source: met_import

Depicted Scenes

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Athena
Mythology
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Hermes
Mythology
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Gigantomachy
Battle

Bibliography

6 references
Catalogues & Reference Works
Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971) (1971) — 260
Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956) (1956) — 522
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae — IV, PL.127, GIGANTES 202 (PARTS)
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae: V, PL.267, HERMES 829 (PART)
Books & Monographs
Muth, S., Gewalt im Bild, Das Phänomen der medialen Gewalt im Athen des 6. und 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. (Berlin, 2008) (2008) — 290, FIG.190 (PART OF BD)
Haspels, C.H.E., Attic Black-figured Lekythoi (Paris, 1936) (1936) — 255.30, PL.45.4A-B
Shape
Lekythos
Technique
Black-figure
Period
Archaic
Date
1st quarter of 5th century BCE
Culture
Greek, Attic
Painter
Attributed to the Athena Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Number
07.286.68
Image Source
met_cc0
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