Red-figure squat-lekythos (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title)

attributed to a painter near, Meidias Painter (Artist)

ca. 410 BC
Greek (Attic)
Ceramics
Containers-Vessels
terracotta
Overall: 5 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (14.61 × 8.57 cm)
78.82
Not on view
The decoration on this lekythos exemplifies the influence of contemporary sculpture and panel painting on late Attic vase painting, including a great interest in both the depiction of the nude body (similar to sculpture) and in the rendering of perspective and setting.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
“Bestial Angels,” William King Museum of Art (Abingdon, VA): 1 December 1995-14 January 1996.

“Five Years of Collecting,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA): 25 March-4 May 1980.
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