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Artist
English: Meidias Painter (eponym vase, according to signature)
Français : Peintre de Meidias (vase éponyme, d'après signature)
Español: Pintor de Midias (vaso epónimo, según la firma).
Description
English: Rape of the Leucippids by the Dioscuri (top); Herakles in the Garden of Hesperids accompagnied by a group of Athenian tribal heroes (bottom). Attic red-figured hydria, ca. 420–400 BC.
Français : Viol des Leucippides par les Dioscures (haut) ; Héraclès au jardin des Hespérides accompagné par un groupe de héros athéniens (bas). Hydrie attique à figures rouges, vers 420-400 av. J.-C.
Español: Rapto de las Leucípidas (arriba); Heracles en el jardín de las Hespérides acompañado por un grupo de héroes atenienses (abajo): Hidria ática de figuras rojas, circa 420-400 a. C.
Date circa 420–400 BC.
Dimensions 52.1cm [1]
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Main floor, room 20, Greek & Rome
Accession number
GR 1772.3-20.30 (Cat. Vases E 224)
Credit line Hamilton collection
Source/Photographer Bibi Saint-Pol (2006, 22 November)

References

  1. http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/pottery/painters/keypieces/redfigure/meidias.htm

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