K12.1 DIONYSUS

Museum Collection | Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge |
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Catalogue No. | Harvard 1960.347 |
Beazley Archive No. | 217539 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Hydria, Kalpis |
Painter | Attributed to the Class of Brussels A3099 |
Date | ca 410 - 400 B.C. |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Dionysus from a painting depicting the god and his retinue. He is portrayed as a pretty youth with long wavy hair holding a thyrsos (pine-cone tipped staff). Beside him lies a baby panther.