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M25.1 HERACLES & THE CRETAN BULL

Heracles & Cretan Bull | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia
Catalogue No. Philadelphia L-64-185
Beazley Archive No. 201712
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Stamnos
Painter Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter
Date ca 490 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Heracles and the Nemean lion (see other image).
Side B: Heracles captures the Cretan bull as one of his twelve labours. The hero wields a club and pins the head of the beast beneath his foot.

This image is montage of two photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Cretan Bull

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Heracles & Nemean Lion

M19.6 Nemean Lion