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K1.14 DANAE & THE GOLDEN SHOWER

Danae & the Golden Shower | South Italian red figure vase painting

DETAILS
Museum Collection	Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No.	Louvre Ca925
Beazley Archive No.	N/A
Ware	South Italian Red Figure
Shape	Krater
Painter	-
Date	ca 450 - 425 B.C.
Period	Classical

DESCRIPTION

The Argive princess Danae reclining on a couch is impregnated by Zeus in the guise of a golden shower.

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