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K11.2 HERMES & INFANT DIONYSUS

Hermes & Infant Dionysus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City
Catalogue No. Vatican 559
Beazley Archive No. 214232
Ware Attic Red Figure (White Ground)
Shape Krater, Calyx
Painter Attributed to the Phiale Painter
Date ca 440 - 435 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Hermes delivering the infant Dionysus to the foster care of Silenus and Nysiad Nymphs. The god wears a winged petasos cap, red chlamys cape and winged boots, and holds a herald's wand (kerykeion) in his hand.

ARTICLES

Hermes, Dionysus

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Silenus & Nysiades

K12.19 Silenus