K10.1 ZEUS & APHRODITE

Museum Collection: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, USA
Catalogue Number: Malibu 86.AE.680
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Loutrophoros
Painter: Attributed to Painter of Louvre MNB1148
Date: ca 350 - 340 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of figures Zeus and Aphrodite. Zeus is seated next to Aphrodite and Eros (Love) in the palace of the gods or temple. The scene is a prelude to the panel scene below in which Zeus seduces Leda in the form of a swan.