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Winged Youth Lekythos


A nude youth with wings faces down his hands appear to be clasped on his chest, but the finish is damaged. Above him a bird flies, head down with beak pointed to the youth.
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    Terracotta red-figure lekythos (oil flask) attributed to the Icarus Painter. The winged youth has been identified as either Icarus or Hypnos.

    Online Resources
    Metropolitan Museum of Art 24.97.37
    Subjects
    Icarus
    Type
    Image
    License
    Creative Commons Attribution
    Properties
    Agent
    Icarus Painter
    Date
    2nd quarter of the 5th century BCE
    Culture
    Greek
    Medium
    terracotta
    Dimensions
    h. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
    Location
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Image Credit
    Metropolitan Museum of Art

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