Attributed to The Perugia Painter, now combined with the Arnò Painter
Etruscan
Calyx Krater (Mixing Bowl)
INV-0170
Attributed to The Perugia Painter, now combined with the Arnò Painter
Etruscanabout 400-380 BCE
Calyx Krater (Mixing Bowl)
Attributed to The Perugia Painter, now combined with the Arnò Painter Etruscan →lucaniansouth italianred-figurevesselearthenware
Date
about 400-380 BCE
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Dimensions
43.8 × 46.7 × 46.4 cm (17 1/4 × 18 3/8 × 18 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson
This vase was painted by a Greek artist who immigrated to Etruria, where Greek vases were a popular commodity. The seventh of Herakles’s Twelve Labors is shown here. Charged with capturing a monstrous bull that was terrorizing the people of Crete, the hero wields his club against the ungainly creature, watched over by King Minos on the left, the gods Apollo and Athena above, and Hermes on the right.
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