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Museum August Kestner Antike Kulturen Gefäßkeramik und Vasenmalerei Die Sammlung Erhart Kästner [1966.77]
Lekythos (Squat-Form) (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
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Lekythos (Squat Form)

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Description

Out of jealousy, Perseus' mission was to bring the head of the Gorgo Medusa to Polydektes, admittedly not without ulterior motives, since the client hoped for the death of the rival for Danae. But with divine help, Perseus succeeded in the difficult task that all others before him had failed at. Equipped with the mirrored shield of Athena, the winged shoes of Hermes and a cloak of invisibility from the nymphs, he hurried across the sky to the end of the world. With the mirror and without having to look Medsa directly in the face, he cut off her head with a single blow.
The outside of the lekythos shows the bust of Perseus with his utensils in shorthand, as it were. (AVS)

Former Erhart Kästner Collection, Wolfenbüttel

Material/Technique

Clay / red-figure

Measurements

Height: 10.5 cm

Detailed description

Die Außenseite der Lekythos zeigt die Büste des Perseus (n. li.), die mit Flügelkappe und Chlamys bekleidet ist. Vor ihm befindet sich die Harpe, das Gerät, mit dem Perseus der Gorgo Medusa den Kopf abgeschlagen hat. Unter und hinter der Büste ein auf gesetzter Punkt (Unikum!).

Literature

  • Follmann, Anne Barbara (1971): Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Deutschland. Hannover, Kestner-Museum 1. München, Taf. 48,5
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Das Museum August Kestner ist benannt nach August Kestner (1777-1853). Das älteste städtische Museum in der Landeshauptstadt Hannover wird von einer...

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