White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Atalanta and Erotes
Douris (Greek, Attic, active c. 500–470 BCE)
500–490 BCE
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
h. 31.8 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Accession Number
1966.114
Tags
male
About this artwork
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...