K11.6 HERMES
Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum of Taranto |
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Catalogue No. | Taranto 8264 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Apulian Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Volute |
Painter | Name vase of the Painter of the Birth of Dionysos |
Date | ca. 405 - 385 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Hermes from a painting depicting the birth of the god Dionysus.
Hermes, holding a caduceus or herald's wand, stands beneath Zeus ready to receive the infant to deliver him to the foster care of Silenus and Nysiad nymphs.