Zeus & Aegina - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)
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O26.1 AEGINA & ZEUS
DETAILS
Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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Catalogue No. | Boston 95.36 |
Beazley Archive No. | 204081 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kantharos |
Painter | Attributed to the Brygos Painter |
Date | ca 480 - 470 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Zeus pursues the nymph Aegina. The god holds a royal sceptre in his hand. Behind him stands an altar.
Side B: Zeus pursues Ganymedes (see other image).