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K11.11 HERMES

Hermes | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Catalogue No. New York 25.78.2
Beazley Archive No. 203182
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to the Tithonos Painter
Date ca. 480 - 470 B.C.
Period Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

Hermes, messenger of the gods, flies on winged boots. He holds his herald's wand (kerykeion) in his hand and wears a traveller's cap (petasos) and cloak (chlamys).

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Hermes