Thetis Riding Hippocamp - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)

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Thetis Riding Hippocamp | Apulian red figure vase painting

DETAILS

Museum Collection The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu
Catalogue No. Malibu 86.AE.611
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Apulian Red Figure
Shape Pelike
Painter Near the Gravina Painter
Date ca 425 - 401 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Thetis riding side-saddle on the back of Hippocamp (fish-tailed horse), bearing a shield from a painting depicting the delivery of the armour of Achilles.

ARTICLES

Thetis, Nereids, Hippocamp

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Thetis Riding Hippocamp

P12.4A Thetis

Thumbnail Nereid Riding Dolphin

P12.4C Nereid

Thumbnail Nereid Riding Cetus

P12.4D Nereid

Thumbnail Nereids Riding Dolphins

P12.4E Nereids