Bell Krater with Scenes of Eros and Standing Youth

early 4th century BCE (Classical)

38 cm 37 cm

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The light subject matter, languid, conventional poses and gestures, and decorative detail are characteristic of the transitional period in vase painting. A seated Eros in the center is flanked by two goddesses; on the right is probably his mother, Aphrodite. Hermes stands on t...

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [cat. no. 171]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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