Titan Atlas - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)
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T20.1B TITAN ATLAS
DETAILS
Museum Collection | Vatican Museums, Vatican City |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Laconian Black Figure |
Shape | Amphoriskos |
Painter | - |
Date | ca. 530 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
The Titan Atlas bears the rocky dome of heaven upon his shoulders and is tormented by the Hesperian Dragon-Serpent. He is depicted as a naked, bearded man with long locks of knotted hair.