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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm). Date: 1st quarter of 5th century B.C.. Trainer The young man is characterized as a trainer by the himation (overgarment) draped over his body and the staff on which he leans. The strigil (scraper) suspended before him and the column behind him indicate a setting for the training of athletes. The painter's artistic ambitions appear in the representation of the figure from the back.
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Title:
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Caption:
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm). Date: 1st quarter of 5th century B.C.. Trainer The young man is characterized as a trainer by the himation (overgarment) draped over his body and the staff on which he leans. The strigil (scraper) suspended before him and the column behind him indicate a setting for the training of athletes. The painter's artistic ambitions appear in the representation of the figure from the back.
Technique/material:
Terracotta; white-ground
Period:
Late Archaic
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3150 x 4200 px | 37.9 MB
Print size:
26.7 x 35.6 cm | 10.5 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
CLAY • EUROPE • GREECE • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • JUGS • LATE ARCHAIC • LEKYTHOI • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • TERRACOTTA • TERRACOTTA; WHITE-GROUND • VASES • VESSELS