Water Jug

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

AIC_.1911.456

amicoid

AIC_.1911.456

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

aly

1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

oty

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

crn

Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

crc

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

cdt

Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Greek (Attic)

crt

Greek (Attic)

Creator Name-CRT

false

Creator Name:

Leningrad Painter

crn

Leningrad Painter

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

crc

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Greek, fl. 460-450 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

cdt

Greek, fl. 460-450 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Leningrad Painter

crt

Leningrad Painter

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Hydria (Water Jug)

otn

Hydria (Water Jug)

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

ott

preferred

Title Type

false

Title:

Water Jug

otn

Water Jug

Title

false

Title Type:

alternate

ott

alternate

Title Type

false

View:

front view

rid

front view

View

false

Creation Date:

High Classical Period, 460/450 B.C.

oct

High Classical Period, 460/450 B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-460

ocs

-460

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-450

oce

-450

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Earthenware, red-figure technique

omd

Earthenware, red-figure technique

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Vessel

clt

Vessel

Classification Term

false

Subject Description:

A group of five figures stand on a ground line supported by a decorative border. The pair in the middle are the focus of the composition. A garlanded youth with a himation slung around his waist and leaning on a stick in a contrived manner moves toward agirl, putting his left arm around her and grasping suggestively with his right hand toward her groin. She tilts her face towards his, puts her right arm around his neck, and seems ready to caress his ear with her left hand. The embroidery frame lends a domestic flavor to the scene, but the walking sticks suggest that the lads have come from elsewhere and are not at home.

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A group of five figures stand on a ground line supported by a decorative border. The pair in the middle are the focus of the composition. A garlanded youth with a himation slung around his waist and leaning on a stick in a contrived manner moves toward agirl, putting his left arm around her and grasping suggestively with his right hand toward her groin. She tilts her face towards his, puts her right arm around his neck, and seems ready to caress his ear with her left hand. The embroidery frame lends a domestic flavor to the scene, but the walking sticks suggest that the lads have come from elsewhere and are not at home.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Europe,Greece,Greater Athens,Athens

ocp

Europe,Greece,Greater Athens,Athens

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H.: 42.4 cm (16-3/4 in.)W.: 37.6 cm (14-3/4 in.)Diam. at mouth: 10.3 cm (4-1/16 in.)

met

H.: 42.4 cm (16-3/4 in.)W.: 37.6 cm (14-3/4 in.)Diam. at mouth: 10.3 cm (4-1/16 in.)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

oon

The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

oop

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1911.456

ooa

1911.456

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

ooc

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Intimate scenes of couples kissing are unusual in Greek art, and this scene is unique in the work of the Leningrad Painter. Women of the Athenian upper class were never shown participating in such activity in the fifth century B.C., indicating that the participants depicted here are probably courtesans.

cxd

Intimate scenes of couples kissing are unusual in Greek art, and this scene is unique in the work of the Leningrad Painter. Women of the Athenian upper class were never shown participating in such activity in the fifth century B.C., indicating that the participants depicted here are probably courtesans.

Context

false

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