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K1.12 DANAE & THE GOLDEN SHOWER

Danae & the Golden Shower | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Catalogue No. St Petersburg ST 1723
Beazley Archive No. 203792
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater, Calyx
Painter Attributed to the Triptolemos Painter
Date ca 490 B.C.
Period Late Archaic / Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Danae, reclining on a couch and grasping her hair ribbons, is impregnated by the god Zeus in the form of a golden shower.
Side B: Danae and the infant Perseus are placed in a chest by King Acrisius (not shown).

ARTICLES

Danae, Zeus