Oil flask (lekythos) depicting the death of Orpheus
about 450–440 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 40.8 cm (16 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number13.202
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1912: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, January 2, 1913, for $18,948.70 (this figure is the total price for MFA 13.186-13.245)
the Achilles Painter
450–440 B.C.
the Achilles Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
