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K24.1 HYGEIA

Hygeia | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London 1772,0320.30.+
Beazley Archive No. 220497
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Hydria
Painter Attributed to the Meidias Painter
Date ca. 420 - 400 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Hygeia from a painting depicting the arrival of the Argonauts in the garden of the Hesperides during their return from Colchis.

Hygeia, the goddess of good health, holds a sceptre in one hand and lifts her veil with the other.

ARTICLES

Hygeia

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Hesperides

N14.1 Hesperides

Thumbnail Leucippides

O6.3 Leucippides