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Oil Jar (Lekythos) with Artemis and Doe

Oil Jar (Lekythos) with Artemis and Doe

The Oreithyia Painter (attributed to)

This oil jar shows the goddess Artemis, mistress of animals and virgin huntress, holding in her left hand a bow and in her right a vessel called a phiale, probably to pour a libation or dedication. Beside her is a spotted doe.
Artist
The Oreithyia Painter (attributed to)
(Greek, Attic, active ca. 480-450 B.C.E.)
Title
Oil Jar (Lekythos) with Artemis and Doe
Date
ca. 470 B.C.E.
Medium
Earthenware with red-figure decoration
Dimensions
17 11/16 x 6 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Frank
Accession No.
1985.93
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

13 December 1969, sold by Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. (Basel, Switzerland) auction #40 "Kunstwerke der Antike" (lot 99) to Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank (Milwaukee, WI); 18 January 1971, deposited on long-term loan by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank at the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 11 November 1985, gifted by Arthur J. and Edith Fairchild Frank to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 27 January 2022]

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