Lekythos with Sphinx on a Pedestal

Description The scene on this black-figure lekythos (a container for oil) depicts an assemblage of four Theban men before the sphinx, pondering her riddle. The Sphinx sits on a column, while two of the men facing her sit on folding stools and two stand upright.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/10/1948	Treatment	repaired
7/27/1987	Treatment	x-ray
6/09/2008	Treatment	technical analysis; stabilized; loss compensation

Exhibitions

• Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2009-2011.

Provenance Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924