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Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to a Painter Near the Meidias Painter in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to a Painter Near the Meidias Painter in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018
Red-figure squat-lekythos (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title)

attributed to a painter near, Meidias Painter (Artist)

Date: ca. 410 BC

Culture: Greek (Attic)

Category: Ceramics
Containers-Vessels

Medium: terracotta

Collection: Ancient Art

Dimensions: Overall: 5 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (14.61 × 8.57 cm)

Object Number: 78.82


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.


Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-15584255

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