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P21.6 HERA & IRIS

Hera & Iris | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Rhode Island School of Design Museum, New York
Catalogue No. RISD 35.707
Beazley Archive No. 204107
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to the Brygos Painter
Date ca. 480 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Hera is attended by her handmaiden Iris. The queen of the gods wears tiara-crown and holds a royal sceptre and cup in her hands. Iris, the winged goddess of the rainbow, stands holding a herald's wand (kerykeion) in one hand and an oinochoe jug in the other. Her hair is bound with a head-scarf (sakkos).

IMAGE DETAIL

Iris | Attic red figure vase painting

Detail of the goddess Iris.

ARTICLES

Hera, Iris