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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Red-figure Attributed to an artist related to the Achilles Painter · Lekythos · ca. 450–440 BCE

Lekythos. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1922. Gallery 159.

Attribution History

Current

Met Museum catalogue

Attributed: Attributed to an artist related to the Achilles Painter

Source: met_import

Bibliography

3 references

Books & Monographs

Niemeyer, H.G., SEMATA, Über den Sinn griechischer Standbilder (Hamburg, 1996) (1996) — 76, PL.1 (PART)

Oakley, J.H., The Phiale Painter, Kerameus 8 (Mainz, 1990) (1990) — PL.145B-C, NO.B2

Catalogues & Reference Works

Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) (1963) — 1026.2

Provenance

2 recorded events

Discovery

Oropos, Attica, Greece

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First recorded

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Current location

Shape

Lekythos

Technique

Red-figure

Period

Classical

Date

ca. 450–440 BCE

Culture

Greek, Attic

Painter

Attributed to an artist related to the Achilles Painter

Attribution

Attributed

Findspot

Oropos, Attica, Greece

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession Number

22.53

Image Source

met_cc0

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