Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Sappho Painter
ca. 500–490 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
6 13/16in. (17.3cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Archaic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number
06.1021.70
Tags
MenDogsHorsesChariots
About the Artist
Sappho Painter
The Sappho Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter active during the Late Archaic period, approximately 510-490 BCE. This anonymous artist's conventional name derives from their name vase, a kalpis (water jar) depicting the poet Sappho, currently held in the National Museum in Warsaw. Like most ancient Greek vase painters, this artist never signed their works, and their artistic personality...