Attic white-ground lekythos, woman pouring libation from hydria on to grave.
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Title
Attic white-ground lekythos , woman pouring libation from hydria on to grave .
Creator
Woman Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 420-ca. 390 BCE)
Date
420 BCE?
Cultural Context
Aegean Ancient Greek Greek European Western European
Style/Period
Greek (ancient) Classical High Classical Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles) White-ground
Subject
Pitchers Vases Graves Tombs & sepulchral monuments Stelae Monuments Monuments & memorials Finials Rites & ceremonies Manners & customs Memorial rites & ceremonies Bowls (Tableware) Women Hairstyles
Work Type
Ceramics (objects) Pottery Vases Vase paintings
Repository
Badisches Landesmuseum [in Schloss] (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Source
Kaltsas, Nikolaos, and Alan Shapiro, eds. Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens. New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), 2008. (p.339, fig.5)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kaltsas courtesy: Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum, B 1528; "This catalogue is issued in conjunction with the exhibition Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens held at the Onassis Cultural Center, December 10, 2008 - May 9, 2009. Copyright © 2008 Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York, N.Y. 10022; Hellenic Ministry of Culture."
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 1110-15.jpg
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