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Calyx Krater (Mixing Bowl)

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Date:

about 400-380 BCE

Artist:

Attributed to The Perugia Painter, now combined with the Arnò Painter
Etruscan

About this artwork

This vase was painted by a Greek artist who immigrated to Etruria, where Greek vases were a popular commodity. The seventh of Herakles’s Twelve Labors is shown here. Charged with capturing a monstrous bull that was terrorizing the people of Crete, the hero wields his club against the ungainly creature, watched over by King Minos on the left, the gods Apollo and Athena above, and Hermes on the right.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Artist

Perugia Painter

Title

Calyx Krater (Mixing Bowl)

Place

Basilicata (Object made in)

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400 BCE–380 BCE

Medium

terracotta, red-figure

Dimensions

43.8 × 46.7 × 46.4 cm (17 1/4 × 18 3/8 × 18 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson

Reference Number

1889.18

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