AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS

ATTRIBUTED TO THE ERETRIA PAINTER CIRCA 440-410 B.C.

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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
Attributed to the Eretria Painter
Circa 440-410 B.C.
With Eros preparing for flight, the god depicted nude, crouching forward in profile to the left, his knees bent and arms held together in front, his head uplifted, his hair fringed with curls, the details of his musculature rendered in dilute glaze, a band of dotted egg below, meander and checkered squares above, lines on the shoulders, tongues at the base of the neck
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner in 1992.

Lot Essay

For additional works by the Eretria Painter see figs. 229-237 in Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases, The Classical Period. As Boardman writes (op. cit., p. 98), "The Eretria Painter is something of a miniaturist and his style of drawing is more influential with successors in the florid style than that of the Shuvalov Painter, who is more economical, less passionate."

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