Thanatos Painter

[2] One example of a white-ground lekythos by the Thanatos Painter is a vase in the Art Walters Museum (440–430 BCE).

[4] The deceased man is the main focus of the painting due to the red color of his clothes.

The women is also bent over which leads the eye to the grave stele and finally to the man, making him even more of the main focus.

[5] White-ground lekythoi are used specifically in the funeral context and were sometimes used to replace grave stele.

Lekythoi had different scenes on them that depicted death, such as: inhumation, procession, and visitations to graves.

[9] They had vibrantly painted, detailed scenes of death as the main focal point of the pottery.

Some marble lekythoi were used as a grave marker for a family plot, instead of for a single person.