K11.11 HERMES
Museum Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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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).