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T29.1 ZEPHYRUS & HYACINTHUS

Zephyrus & Hyacinthus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue No. Boston 95.31
Beazley Archive No. 205271
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Signed by Douris
Date ca 490 - 480 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Zephyrus, the winged god of the west-wind, embraces the youth Hyacinthus. Alternatively, the figures could be an allegorical depiction of Love (Eros) seizing the beauty of youth.

ARTICLES

Zephyros, Hyacinthus, Eros