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K1.14 DANAE & THE GOLDEN SHOWER

Danae & the Golden Shower | South Italian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Louvre Ca925
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware South Italian Red Figure
Shape Krater
Painter -
Date ca 450 - 425 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

The Argive princess Danae reclining on a couch is impregnated by Zeus in the guise of a golden shower.

ARTICLES

Danae, Zeus