The Meidias Painter

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Ancient Greek vase painter
gptkbp:activePeriod 5th century BCE
circa 420–400 BCE
gptkbp:artisticCircle Meidias Painter Group
gptkbp:artworkBy ornate patterns
fine detail
elegant figures
crowded compositions
delicate drawing
use of added white and gold
gptkbp:depictedSubjects gptkb:women
gptkb:Aphrodite
gptkb:Eros
gptkb:Dionysus
gptkb:Heracles
mythological scenes
domestic scenes
wedding scenes
gptkbp:gender unknown
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Meidias Painter
gptkbp:influenced Aison
Kodros Painter
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Achilles_Painter
Eretria Painter
gptkbp:museum gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston
gptkb:National_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens
gptkbp:namedAfter Meidias (potter)
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:John_Beazley
gptkbp:notableFor use of added color
depiction of mythological scenes
elaborate multi-figure compositions
graceful female figures
gptkbp:notableWork Meidias Hydria
gptkbp:officeLocation gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:realName unknown
gptkbp:signature unsigned (works attributed by style)
gptkbp:style Attic red-figure
gptkbp:vaseType gptkb:aryballos
calyx-krater
amphora
hydria
krater
kylix
lekythos
askos
kantharos
oinochoe
rhyton
phiale
alabastron
dinos
lekanis
pelike
chous
epinetron
lagynos
lebes gamikos
loutrophoros
plemochoe
pyxis
skyphos
stamnos
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Red-figure_pottery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6