Illustration
Vase painting (on a white-ground wine pitcher) depicting a young woman spinning wool from a distaff, twisting a thread between the fingers of her right hand. Found in Locri, created in Attica c. 490-470 BCE. On the (viewer's) right, an inscription reads: ΗΕΠΑΙΣΚΑΛΕ (ή παΐς καλή, "the beautiful girl").
British Museum, London.
Related Images
House of the Beautiful Courtyard, Herculaneum
Beautiful Prairie Bluffs, Upper Mississippi
Greek Vase Painting of an Artist at Work
François Vase
Vase Painting of a Man with his Cheetah
Lady & Child on the Terrace by Morisot
Cite This Work
APA Style
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2019, June 15). The Beautiful Child, Vase Painting. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10921/the-beautiful-child-vase-painting/
Chicago Style
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "The Beautiful Child, Vase Painting." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified June 15, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10921/the-beautiful-child-vase-painting/.
MLA Style
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "The Beautiful Child, Vase Painting." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 15 Jun 2019. Web. 20 Jan 2025.
