White-ground Attic lekythos (oil jar), c. 445-440 BCE
A white-ground Attic lekythos, an oil jar of terracotta with black neck, foot and shoulder, banded by a meander and a palmette frieze. On the white body a large brownish figure is faded and only partly legible, set against a plain gray backdrop.
- Artist
- Achilles Painter
- Date
- 445-440 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta, white-ground
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2247 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date -440).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through The Antiquarian Society