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Pelike depicting Perseus and Andromeda - B side

Darius Painter

MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto

MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto
Taranto, Italy

Depicted on one side is the scene of the reconciliation of Andromeda and Perseus with Cepheus and Cassiopeia, who begs her daughter’s forgiveness on her knees; around them are numerous figures in eastern dress, an Eros, Aphrodite and Homonoia, the personification of concord. Depicted on the other side is a scene linked to the funerary sphere.

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  • Title: Pelike depicting Perseus and Andromeda - B side
  • Creator: Darius Painter
  • Date Created: 340-330 BC circa
  • Location Created: Unauthorised excavations, returned by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu
  • Physical Dimensions: 61 cm (height); 24.8 cm (diameter, rim)
  • Medium: Red-figured Apulian ceramics
  • Room: Exhibition entitled "MitoMania. Storie ritrovate di uomini ed eroi" (10 April 2019 - 10 May 2020)
MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto

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