Ancient Art & Numismatics
A Magnificent and Highly Important Attic Red-figure White-ground Lidded Pyxis Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter: the Judgment of Paris
Terracotta, High Classical, ca. 465-460 B.C.E., Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter
The Judgment of Paris
During the middle of the fifth century B.C.E., the white-ground technique was commonly used for lekythoi, oil flasks placed on graves, and for fine vases of other shapes. As classical painters sought to achieve ever more complex effects with the limited possibilities pf red-figure, the white background gave new prominence to the glaze lines and polychromy. The decoration of this pyxis reflects the delight with which an accomplished artist like the Penthesilea Painter depicted a traditional subject.
(07.286.36)
Text from the Metropolitan Museum card.
A Magnificent and Highly Important Attic Red-figure White-ground Lidded Pyxis Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter: the Judgment of Paris
Terracotta, High Classical, ca. 465-460 B.C.E., Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter
The Judgment of Paris
During the middle of the fifth century B.C.E., the white-ground technique was commonly used for lekythoi, oil flasks placed on graves, and for fine vases of other shapes. As classical painters sought to achieve ever more complex effects with the limited possibilities pf red-figure, the white background gave new prominence to the glaze lines and polychromy. The decoration of this pyxis reflects the delight with which an accomplished artist like the Penthesilea Painter depicted a traditional subject.
(07.286.36)
Text from the Metropolitan Museum card.