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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.324
People
Near to The Theseus Painter, Greek
Title
Skyphos (drinking cup): Perseus and Medusa
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
490-480 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288889

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Black-figure
Dimensions
18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #14547

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.324
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Side A: Perseus grasps Medusa. Side B: Perseus looks away from Medusa.

Publication History

  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Vol. 7, Perseus 114.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

Verification Level

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