id:			142277
accession number:	1966.114
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.114
updated:		2019-06-05 09:07:43.634000

The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug), 500-490 BC. Attributed to Douris (Greek). Painted white-ground terracotta; overall: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1966.114

title:				The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug)
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creation date:			500-490 BC
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		490
current location:		102B Greek
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Greece, Attic, early 5th Century
technique:	painted white-ground terracotta
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Greek
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Douris (Greek)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1982-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact: 
Funeral rites in ancient Greece involved the dedication of special vessels, such as this exquisite white-ground oil container called a lekythos. The delicacy of line, complex composition, and well-preserved condition distinguish this vase as one of the finest of its type to have survived from antiquity.

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wall description: 
The extraordinary intact conditon of the fragile white ground and the spirited yet delicate drawing have made the vase renowned as one of the finest white ground lekythoi in existence. Atalanta, who would marry only the man who could beat her in a foot race, is here being teased by three Erotes, winged gods of love. Each figure is identified by name: EPOS and ATALANTE. Douris was an Athenian vase painter who was active from about 500–460 BC.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 20
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966#page=44

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 20
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969#page=42

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 23
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978#page=43

	Williams, Dyfri. "Beyond the Berlin Painter: Toward a Workshop View." In <em>The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C. </em> J. Michael Padgett,J ed., 144-187. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, Connecticut: Distributed by Yale University Press, 2017.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 171, fig. 17
	url:		

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IMAGES

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