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T20.2 ATLAS & GAEA

Atlas & Gaea | Apulian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Catalogue No. -
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Apulian Red Figure
Shape Krater, Volute
Painter Attributed to the Underworld Painter
Date C4th B.C.
Period Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Atlas and Gaea from a painting depicting Heracles' quest for the golden apples. The Titan Atlas is seated on a throne and holds a royal sceptre in his hand. Gaea (the Earth) stands beside him. She is depicted as a matronly woman holding a sceptre. Heracles, accompanied by the god Hermes, approaches from the left (not shown). To the right of Gaea, one of the Hesperides stands beside a serpent-entwined tree (not shown). The figures of Atlas and Gaea (Ga) are both labelled on the vase.

ARTICLES

Atlas, Gaea, Hesperides

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