Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Artiste inconnu
Horseman and tomb
Horsemen and chariots have a long tradition in Greek funerary iconography. In this very late manifestation, the rapidity but surety of execution heightens the question of whether the scene is to be understood literally or whether the horseman is a representation of the deceased.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Harry G. Friedman, 1953
Ca. 430–420 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground
31.7 x 31.7cm
53.107
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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Le Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection permanente