K6.5 ARTEMIS

Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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Catalogue No. | Louvre S1677 |
Beazley Archive No. | 217568 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Amphora |
Painter | Attributed to the the Suessula Painter |
Date | ca 400 - 390 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Artemis from a painting of the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants). The goddess aims her bow at a giant. She is dressed in a knee-length skirt of a maiden and wears an animal skin cap. Below her stands Demeter wielding a spear.