Youths - XII
Youths – XII
Young athlete holding the "halteres", the tools used by jumpers to increase their athletic performances. His right knee is bent and he is leaning forward. In front of him there is a disc decorated with an owl around which six letters (a no-sense inscription) are painted; a sponge, a strigil and an aryballos of the Attic type are suspended in the background. Beautiful lines in relief for the contours of the face, the shoulder and the right arm, and for the inside of the left arm.
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Attic red-figure lekythos
High. 18,5 cm.
The Bowdoin Painter by Beazley
475 – 470 BC
Athens, National Archaeological Museum, Inv. 17281
Bowdoin painter, Pittore di Bowdoin, red figure, Figure rosse, lekythos, Greek pottery, Ceramica greca, vasi greci, Greek vases, Attic pottery, ceramica attica, Museo archeologico nazionale, National Museum, Inv. 17281, 17281, Athens, Atene
Youths - XII
Youths – XII
Young athlete holding the "halteres", the tools used by jumpers to increase their athletic performances. His right knee is bent and he is leaning forward. In front of him there is a disc decorated with an owl around which six letters (a no-sense inscription) are painted; a sponge, a strigil and an aryballos of the Attic type are suspended in the background. Beautiful lines in relief for the contours of the face, the shoulder and the right arm, and for the inside of the left arm.
CAV / CAVI @ www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
Attic red-figure lekythos
High. 18,5 cm.
The Bowdoin Painter by Beazley
475 – 470 BC
Athens, National Archaeological Museum, Inv. 17281
Bowdoin painter, Pittore di Bowdoin, red figure, Figure rosse, lekythos, Greek pottery, Ceramica greca, vasi greci, Greek vases, Attic pottery, ceramica attica, Museo archeologico nazionale, National Museum, Inv. 17281, 17281, Athens, Atene