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K32.6 EROS, APHRODITE & LOVERS

Eros, Aphrodite & Lovers | Apulian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Rhode Island School of Design Museum, New York
Catalogue No. RISD 25.089
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Apulian Red Figure
Shape Skyphos
Painter Workshop of the Ilioupersis Painter
Date ca 375 - 350 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

Eros (Love), riding a woman piggy-back (ephisdremos) while covering her eyes, drives her towards a suitor. The man is accompanied by the seated goddess Aphrodite who holds a dove in her hand.

This image is montage of several photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Eros, Aphrodite