Houston Painter
White-Ground Lekythos with Young Man and Woman

ArtistGreek (Attic), c. 440 BC
CultureGreek (Attic)
Titles
  • White-Ground Lekythos with Young Man and Woman
Date450–440 BC
MediumTerracotta with slip
Dimensions18 × 5 1/2 dia. in. (45.7 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.7
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
On view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens, 1934–1935]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, 1935–1937; given to MFAH, 1937.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971;
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971;
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

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