Terracotta Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Washing Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Washing Painter

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 430–420 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: H.: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (23.5 x 15.6 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Gift of Samuel G. Ward, 1875

Accession Number: 75.2.14

Description:

Youth and woman

A young man in travel attire—a petasos (broad-brimmed hat) and a cloak—stands before a woman who holds up a wreath. As the youth is also shown with a wreath, we may infer that the painter has combined two successive moments in one picture.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/244820