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K11.13 HERMES & INFANT HERACLES

Hermes & Infant Heracles | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Catalogue No. Munich 1615
Beazley Archive No. 303465
Ware Attic Black Figure
Shape Amphora, Neck
Painter Attributed to Dot-Band Class
Date ca 550 - 500 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Hermes carries the infant Heracles to Olympus. Both figures are labelled on the vase. The god holds a herald's wand (kerykeion) and wears a petasos cap, traveller's cloak (chlamys) and winged boots.
Side B: The centaur Chiron (not shown).

This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Hermes