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H1.3 DANAE & ACRISIUS

Danae & Acrisius | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
Catalogue No. Toledo 1969.369
Beazley Archive No. 694
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to the Providence Painter
Date ca 480 - 470 B.C.
Period Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

King Acrisius commands his daughter Danae and her son Perseus be set adrift at sea in a chest. The infant Perseus sits inside the vessel as Danae prepares to climb inside.

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

ARTICLES

Danae, Perseus