White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Atalanta and Erotes

Cleveland Museum of Art

White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Atalanta and Erotes

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Date
c. 500–490 BCE
Medium
ceramic
Culture
Greek, Attic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
142277

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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 named. This Eros, bounding forward, tries to crown her, while two additional Erotes (also named) further hem her in. Love will win. Eros, god of love, appears three times on this vase.

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Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Provenance
?–1966: Dr. Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1966–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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