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H1.2 DANAE & PERSEUS

Danae & Perseus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Rhode Island School of Design Museum, New York
Catalogue No. RISD 25.084
Beazley Archive No. 208348
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to the Icarus Painter
Date ca 480 B.C.
Period Late Archaic / Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

Danae and her young son Perseus are set adrift at sea in a chest. The pair are surrounded by a flock of seagulls.

This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Danae, Perseus