Sleeping Medusa, the mortal Gorgon | Greek vase, Athenian red figure white-ground pyxis

P23.17 SLEEPING MEDOUSA

Museum Collection:  Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number:  Louvre L83
Beazley Archive Number: 209561
Ware: Attic Red Figure (White Ground)
Shape: Pyxis
Painter: Attributed to the Sotheby Painter
Date: ca 475 - 425 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Medousa is depicted as a non-monstrous, winged maiden reclining in slumber.

ARTICLESMedousa

 
 
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