LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Charon

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter Period: Classical Date: ca. 450 B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; white-ground Dimensions: H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921 Accession Number: 21.88.17 Label: Charon, Hermes, and youth Hermes, identifiable by his winged boots and herald's staff, beckons a young man, the deceased, toward Charon's boat. Charon wears the clothing typical of a Greek workman—the exomis, a tunic that is fastened on one shoulder and leaves both arms free and bare, and a cap with a narrow brim. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/251043

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter Period: Classical Date: ca. 450 B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; white-ground Dimensions: H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921 Accession Number: 21.88.17 Label: Charon, Hermes, and youth Hermes, identifiable by his winged boots and herald's staff, beckons a young man, the deceased, toward Charon's boat. Charon wears the clothing typical of a Greek workman—the exomis, a tunic that is fastened on one shoulder and leaves both arms free and bare, and a cap with a narrow brim. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/251043