Detail View: The AMICA Library: Water Jar
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1889.15
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Greek (Attic)
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Creator Name:
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Leagros Group
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Greek; fl. c.520-500 B.C. Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Leagros Group Painter
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Title:
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Hydria (Water Jar)
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Water Jar
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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'front view, slightly angled from above'
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Creation Date:
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Archaic Period, 520/500 B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-520
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Creation End Date:
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-500
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Materials and Techniques:
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Earthenware, black-figure technique
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Classification Term:
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Vessel
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Subject Description:
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This three-handled, flat-shouldered hydria is decorated on the shoulder with three seated and three striding figures, among whom appear Athena and Hermes. On the main panel Herakles wrestles with the sea monster Triton, flanked by two bystanders. The intricate composition has the Greek hero astride the monster, his arms locked around Triton's neck in an implacable grip, whileTriton flails his arms, black fingers stretched against the red background. They face different directions-Herakles to the viewers' right and up, victorious, and Triton to the left and down, vanquished. Precise incision renders the outline and details of the lion skin that Herakles weas, as well as the contour and detail of Triton's scales and fins.
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Creation Place:
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Europe,Greece,Greater Athens,Athens
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Dimensions:
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H.: 50.1 cm (19-3/4 in.)Diameter at foot: 15.9 cm 6-1/4 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1889.15
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Philip D. Armour and C. L. Hutchinson
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Inscriptions:
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KALOS (S) {Pi}(U)?IS
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E28835.TIF
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