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Meidias,Vaspainter

Red-figured squat lekythos, Athens, Greece, c420-c400 BC. The elegant faces of the women in this garden scene and their fine, multi-pleated drapery are very characteristic of the style of the Meidias Painter and his associates. The names of all the figures are written alongside in white letters. The seated figure is Aphrodite, goddess of Love; Eros, her son and messenger, sits on her shoulder. The figure to the right of them is Peitho, goddess and personification of Persuasion. Peitho is attaching sprays of leaves to a basket known as a kanoun, which was carried in processions. The three female figures to the left of Aphrodite are Kleopatra ('Of noble parentage'), Eunomia ('Good Order') and Paidia ('Games and Playfulness'). These personifications cluster around the goddess, offering fruit or a necklace. The late fifth-century Athenian cult of 'Aphrodite in the Gardens' is likely to have stressed the goddess's links with nature and the renewal of vegetation. GR, 1856.5-12.15 (Vases E 697).

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART200995

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2828px × 4000px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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