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Beldam Painter: Three Amazons   (  )
Artist	Beldam Painter       Alternative names Beldam painter Description Greek vase painter Date of birth/death 5th century BC date QS:P,-450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7   5th century BC date QS:P,-450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7   Work period ca. 500-ca. 450 BC Work location Classical Athens  Authority file : Q815322 VIAF: 96176501 ULAN: 500070931 artist QS:P170,Q815322
Title	Three Amazons
Description	English: Three Amazons on this black-figure lekythos face right, and appear to march one after the other. Their skin is white, but their facial features, eroded or rubbed away, are indistinguishable. Each wears a helmet, holds a long spear and has a horizontal quiver. The middle figure holds both hands near her waist; the other two have one hand raised. Amazons are first mentioned in the "Iliad" (6.186) as allies of the Trojans; later authors emphasize their fearlessness and their status as foreigners. They were introduced on Attic vases in the early 6th century BC, and quickly became a popular subject. Early black-figure depictions of Amazons resemble Greek warriors, with one notable difference-their white skin color, which identifies them as "women." In red-figure vases, the Amazons acquire more feminine features and bodies, and their foreigness is emphasized by their attire: Scythian or Thracian clothing and subsequently Persian garb. In some places in Greece, Amazons were the object of cult. Jennifer Larson (1995, 111-16) has suggested that despite the fact that they were considered hostile to the Greeks, their complete otherness from the Greek way of life also gave them protective powers and entitled them to be worshiped as heroines.
Date	circa 500 BC
Medium	terracotta medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions	height: 20.5 cm (8 in); diameter: 6 cm (2.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,20.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2386,6U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	48.249
Place of creation	Attica, Greece
Object history	Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] 1924: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2009-2011.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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