ID: 700006665 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006665	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Attic Red-Figure Lekythos (lekythos; Attributed to Circle of Meidias Painter (Greek (Attic), acti...; about 420 - 400 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 91.AE.9)

Note: Garden of the Hesperides. At the left, Artemis emerges from behind a hill that partially obscures the deer-drawn cart in which she rides, accompanied by a centaur. The grove at center represents the Garden of the Hesperides, where four Daughters of the Evening guard the trees with golden apples.

Titles:

Attic Red-Figure Lekythos (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Oil Jar with the Garden of the Hesperides (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

lekythos [300264937] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), jugs (vessels))

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: about 420 - 400 BCE

Creator Display:

Attributed to Circle of Meidias Painter (Greek (Attic), active 420 - 390 B.C.) (Greek (Attic) Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Circle of Meidias Painter (Attic painters, active 420-390 BCE) [500354935]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 91.AE.9

Other: Creation: Athínai [7001393] Region of Attica (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Terracotta

	terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Greek (preferred)

Attic

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Classical [300020093] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

	Red-figure [300020201] (style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean styles, Aegean pottery styles, Greek vase painting styles)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Hesperides [901000702]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Ártemis [7232648]
	.....(Region of Attica (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Garden of the Hesperides [901000703]
	.....((Greek legendary places, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	centaurs [300379740]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	chariot (ancient vehicle) [300212699]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), land vehicles, <land vehicles by form>, freewheeled vehicles, <freewheeled vehicles by form or function>) (AAT)

	deer (family) [300250308]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order)) (AAT)

	nymphs [300379159]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Attic Red-Figure Lekythos	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Oil Jar with the Garden of the Hesperides	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)