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Plate by Paseas with Herakles, Hermes and Cerberus in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010
Plate
Greek, Archaic Period, about 525–520 B.C.
By Paseas, Formerly known as Painter of the Cerberus Plate
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Dimensions: Height: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.); diameter: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.)
Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure
Classification: Vessels
Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 001
Accession Number: 01.8025
Herakles is dragging the three-headed dog (two heads are shown here) Kerberus out of Hades. Hermes is also present, wearing a pointed cap and carrying his herald's wand (kerycheion). Herakles wears his normal costume, the skin of the Nemean Lion, and carries his bow, but in unusual fashion is depicted as a beardless youth. The group stands on the ground line created by the exergue. In the exergue is an elaborate palmette and lotus design.
Condition: Repaired with some restorations.
Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/plate-153852
Greek, Archaic Period, about 525–520 B.C.
By Paseas, Formerly known as Painter of the Cerberus Plate
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Dimensions: Height: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.); diameter: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.)
Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure
Classification: Vessels
Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 001
Accession Number: 01.8025
Herakles is dragging the three-headed dog (two heads are shown here) Kerberus out of Hades. Hermes is also present, wearing a pointed cap and carrying his herald's wand (kerycheion). Herakles wears his normal costume, the skin of the Nemean Lion, and carries his bow, but in unusual fashion is depicted as a beardless youth. The group stands on the ground line created by the exergue. In the exergue is an elaborate palmette and lotus design.
Condition: Repaired with some restorations.
Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/plate-153852
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