Water jar (hydria) with a couple in a chariot

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Water jar (hydria) with a couple in a chariot

Artist: Attributed to the Antimenes Painter

Culture: Greek

Date: ca. 520-510 B.C.

Medium: Terracotta, black-figure technique

Dimensions:

h. 17 7/16 in. (44.3 cm)

mouth: diam. 9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm); foot: diam. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Object number: 86.134.42

Provenance: sold by Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1981; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986

Published References H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picón, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995) pp.108-110, no. 53 M. D. Stansbury-O'Donnell, Vase Painting, Gender, and Social Identity in Archaic Athens (Cambridge University Press, 2006), 213-214, fig. 75.

Label Text

Body: Wedding procession
Shoulder: Herakles fighting the Nemean Lion
The first task that Eurystheus assigned Herakles was to kill a lion that had been terrorizing the area around Nemea. Because the lion’s hide was impervious to weapons, Herakles had to strangle it. When performing his other feats, Herakles is usually shown in Greek art wearing the Nemean Lion’s skin. (Jessica Powers 2008)

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Water jar (hydria) with a couple in a chariot

Water jar (hydria) with a couple in a chariot