Monstrous winged Gorgon | Greek vase, Athenian black figure dinos

P23.14 GORGON

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue No.: Louvre F874
Beazley Archive No.: 300055
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Shape: Dinos
Painter: Name vase of the Gorgon Painter
Date: ca 600 - 550 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

A striding Gorgon, from a scene depicting her and her sisters, is depictedc as a winged maiden with serpent-haired head, broad face, staring eyes, and wide toothed mouth with protruding tongue.

ARTICLESGorgones

 
 
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