K7.2 THE RETURN OF HEPHAESTUS
| Museum Collection | Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Harvard 1960.236 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 201683 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Krater, Calyx |
| Painter | Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter |
| Date | ca 500 B.C. |
| Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Hephaestus from a painting depicting the god's return to Olympus. He rides a donkey with a smith's hammer resting on his shoulder and is accompanied by the Satyrs of the god Dionysus who leads him back to heaven.