Squat Lekythos, Meidias Painter, c. 420-410 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art“H
Squat Lekythos, Meidias Painter, c. 420-410 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art“Here there is beauty: The gleam of gold, loves and ladies with soft limbs, in soft raiment, and all that is shining, easeful and luxurious: perfume, honey and roses.” So J.D. Beazley, the renowned connoisseur of Greek vases, described the work of the Meidias Painter, one of the last great Athenian vase painters.Size: Diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in. Diameter of mouth: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in. Overall: 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in. Diameter of foot: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)Medium: earthenware with slip decoration and gilded reliefhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1982.142 -- source link
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