Leto, goddess of motherhoood | Greek vase, Lucanian red figure volute krater

T14.1 LETO

Museum Collection: The J Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, USA
Catalogue Number: Malibu 85.AE.101
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Lucanian Red Figure
Shape: Volute krater
Painter: Attributed to the PKP Group, probably the Palermo Painter
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Leto from a scene depicting her, her children Apollon and Leto, and the god Hermes. She is shown crowned, holding a royal sceptre, and with veil slightly lifted in gesture of modesty.

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