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Meidias Painter

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Ancient Attic-Greek vase-painter of the red-figure style c. 420 to c. 400 BCE

Lived 500 BC to 400 BC · aged 100
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The Meidias Painter was an Athenian red-figure vase painter in Ancient Greece, active in the last quarter of the 5th century BCE. He is named after the potter whose signature is found on a large hydria of the Meidias Painter’s decoration, excavated from an Etruscan tomb.

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Rape of the daughters of Leucippus by the Dioscuri, hydria by the Meidias Painter, British MuseumRape of the daughters of Leucippus by the Dioscuri, hydria by the Meidias Painter, British MuseumSquat lekythos; Cleveland Museum of ArtSquat lekythos; Cleveland Museum of ArtWilliam Hamilton by Joshua Reynolds, 1777, National Portrait Gallery London, 680, depicting the Meidias Painter's name vase in the bottom right hand corner.William Hamilton by Joshua Reynolds, 1777, National Portrait Gallery London, 680, depicting the Meidias Painter's name vase in the bottom right hand corner.

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The Meidias Painter was an Athenian red-figure vase painter in Ancient Greece, active in the last quarter of the 5th century BCE. He is named after the potter whose signature is found on a large hydria of the Meidias Painter’s decoration, excavated from an Etruscan tomb. Eduard Gerhard first identified this inscription in 1839, and it was he who determined the scene on the vase was the rape of the daughters of Leukippos where previously it was thought to be the race of Hippomenes and Atalanta.

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Lived 500 BC to 400 BC · aged 100
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