Terracotta lekanis (dish)
ca. 325–300 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) diameter 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, South Italian, Apulian · Hellenistic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number
06.1021.224
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Baltimore Painter
**The Baltimore Painter** was a prolific and highly influential Apulian vase painter active in South Italy during the final quarter of the fourth century BCE, roughly 330–310 BCE. As one of the last major figures in the Apulian red-figure tradition, he is widely regarded as the most important Late Apulian vase painter. His conventional name derives from a prominent volute krater now in the Walters...