COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1975.1
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Antimenes Painter
Creator Nationality:
Greek
Creator Role:
artist
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Antimenes Painter
Title:
Hydria (Water Vessel)
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Detail
Creation Date:
c. 520 BC
Creation Start Date:
-522
Creation End Date:
-518
Materials and Techniques:
black-figure terracotta
Classification Term:
Ceramic
Classification Term:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Diameter: 94.6cm, Overall: 43.2cm x 38.2cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1975.1
Credit Line:
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Context:
The styles of the Antimenes Painter and of Psiax were so close that the great vase-painting expert, Sir John Beazley, has referred to them as "brothers." Both were active in the last decades of the 6th century BC when the new red-figure style came to dominate vase production in Athens, but only Psiax produced vases in black- and red - figure. Some figures on this hydria are very close in style to those on the eye kylix (CMA 1976.89) by Psiax. Both artists delighted in intricate detail and curvilinear designs.Shoulder: Theseus slaying the Cretan MinotaurMain panel: Quadriga (four-horse chariot) and warriorsPredella: Lions attacking a doe; two stags.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1975.1det01.tif
