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T14.6 LETO, APOLLO & ARTEMIS

Leto, Apollo & Artemis | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London 1843,1103.87
Beazley Archive No. 201543
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Amphora A
Painter Attributed as Recalls the Bowdoin-Eye Painter
Date ca. 520 - 500 B.C.
Period Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

Apollo is accompanied by his mother Leto and sister Artemis. Leto wears a head-scarf (sakkos) and raises her hand in a pinching gesture. Apollo is a long-haired youth who stands playing a lyre. Artemis, facing him, wears a head-scarf and a quiver on her back. A deer and a panther stand at the feet of the gods.

IMAGE DETAIL

Apollo | Attic red figure vase painting

Detail of the god Apollo.

ARTICLES

Leto, Apollo, Artemis