K42.1 THE JUDGES OF THE DEAD
Museum Collection | Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich |
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Catalogue No. | Munich 3297 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Apulian Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Volute |
Painter | Name vase of the Underworld Painter |
Date | ca. 330 - 310 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical / Early Hellenistic |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of the Judges of the Dead from a painting depicting Heracles' journey to the underworld.
Rhadamanthys, on the right, wears a Phrygian cap and robe, and holds a royal sceptre. Minos enthroned in the centre holds a royal sceptre and is crowned with a wreath (of asphodel?). The elderly Aeacus is seated on a stool to the left, and holds a staff.
This is a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.