Artemis, goddess of hunting, with bow | Greek vase, Athenian red figure bell krater

K6.1 ARTEMIS

Museum Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Catalogue No.: Boston 10.185
Beazley Archive No.: 206804
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Bell krater
Painter: Name vase of the Pan Painter
Date: ca 470 BC
Period: Early Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Artemis drawing her bow from a depiction of the death of Aktaion. The goddess wears a head band, a deer-skin shawl, and a quiver strapped across her back.

ARTICLES

Artemis

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