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Attic Red-Figure Skyphos Fragment (Corinthian Shape)
Creator
Meidias PainterPainter
All works by this person →Partaking in a new interest in the late 400s B.C. in the lives of women, the Meidias Painter created scenes of women, both mortal and divine, in private moments such as dressing and courtship. The Meidias Painter worked in the red-figure technique in Athens and frequently decorated shapes that would have been used by women, including hydriai and perfume jars. His style is characterized by tall, sl
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- about 410–400 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek (Attic)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
A woman stands, facing left. She wears a chiton with a himation, and holds a large basket in her left hand. Encircled palmettes and tendrils, a Corinthian motif, flank the woman on both sides.
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