T1.7B GAEA & ERICHTHONIUS
Museum Collection | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond |
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Catalogue No. | Richmond 81.70 |
Beazley Archive No. | 10158 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Calyx |
Painter | Attributed to the Manner of Kadmos Painter |
Date | - |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Gaea, goddess of the earth, holding her infant son Erichthonius. The earth-mother is depicted as a matronly woman with a generous figure. She wears an elaborate crown, or wreath, of sprouting spring flowers and bulbs.