Hydria with Hermes, Leto, Apollo, Artemis and Poseidon

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Hydria with Hermes, Leto, Apollo, Artemis and Poseidon

Artist The Antimenes Painter (Greek)

Place of OriginAthens, Greece; reportedly found in Vulci, Italy.

Dateabout 525 BCE

DimensionsH (max) 20 5/8 × H (to rim)19 1/2 × W (max) 17 1/2 × Diam (rim) 10 1/16 × Diam (shoulder) 13 3/16 × Diam (foot) 6 1/4 in. (52.4 × 49.5 × 25.6 × 33.5 × 15.8 cm)

MediumWheel-thrown ceramic vessel with slip decoration in black-figure technique

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott

Object number

1956.70

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic

Collections

Decorative Arts

Published References

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Label TextThis hydria (water jar) features a mythological gathering: Apollo plays the kithara, flanked by his sister Artemis, their mother Leto, Poseidon, and Hermes. The shoulder depicts Herakles wrestling the Nemean Lion, whose impenetrable skin rendered weapons useless—his sword, bow, and quiver hang above in futility. Iolaos and Athena stand nearby, watching the battle unfold. Herakles ultimately strangled the lion and wore its pelt as armor. This hydria, attributed to the Antimenes Painter, was first known in the collection of Comte James Alexandre de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1776–1855), a Swiss-French aristocrat and art collector.