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White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Atalanta and Erotes
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated c. 500–490 BCE. Recorded culture or place: Greek, Attic.
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- Museum title
- White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Atalanta and Erotes
- Date
- c. 500–490 BCE
- Culture / origin
- Greek, Attic
- Materials and technique
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Douris (Greek, Attic, active c. 500–470 BCE)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1966.114
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Known as "white-ground" because of the white clay slip applied as a surface for figural decoration, vases of this type give some idea of the appearance of lost ancient large-scale wall paintings. Both remarkably well preserved and masterfully composed, the images cover the entire circumference of the vase. At the center, Atalanta, the virgin huntress renowned for both her speed and her opposition to marriage, races to the right while looking back at Eros, the winged god of love; both figures are named. This Eros, bounding forward, tries to crown her, while two additional Erotes (also named) further hem her in. Love will win.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund · CC0
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