K11.1 HERMES
| Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Louvre G192 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 201979 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Stamnos |
| Painter | Attributed to the the Berlin Painter |
| Date | ca 480 - 470 B.C. |
| Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Hermes from a painting depicting Zeus despatching the divine messengers Iris and Hermes. It is probably an illustration of a scene from the Iliad. Hermes holds a herald's wand (kerykeion) and wears winged boots, a petasos cap and traveller's cloak (chlamys).
This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.
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