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K11.9 HERMES

Hermes | Paestan red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Louvre N3157
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Paestan Red Figure
Shape Krater, Calyx
Painter Attributed to Python
Date ca 360 - 340 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Hermes from a scene depicting Cadmus and the Dragon. Hermes watches from heaven as Cadmus battles the Dragon-Serpent. The herald of the gods carries a caduceus or herald's wand and wears a petasos cap.

ARTICLES

Hermes

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