Louvre MNB 2109 (Vase)
Aphrodite and her retinue
- ID:
- aa_5722
- Beazley Number:
- 215563
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -420 — ca. -410
- Period:
- High Classical
- Context:
- Said to be from Athens
- Painter:
- Attributed to Aison
- Dimensions:
- H. 0.264 m; max. diam. (body) 0.134 m
- Ware:
- Attic Red Figure
- Shape:
- Squat lekythos
Decoration Description
A female figure (perhaps Eudaimonia?), seated profile to the right, wearing a himation around her lower body, over a medium-sleeved, belted chiton, a sphendone, hoop earrings, and a beaded necklace, holds a string of beads between her upraised right hand and her lowered left hand; a female figure, probably Paidia (labelled), standing near frontal (slightly to the right), with her weight on her straight left leg, her right leg relaxed, and her head profile to the left, wearing a peplos belted over a long overfold, a high pony tail, and a beaded necklace, holds a short string of beads between her hands, which she raises in front of her chest; Aphrodite (labelled), standing 3/4-view to the right, wearing a belted, sleeveless chiton and a himation pulled over her head and shoulders, a beaded necklace, disk earrings (?), and a stephane, holds a scepter in her right hand, and an unidentifiable object over her left shoulder; Adonis (labelled), seated 3/4-view to the right, on his himation, with his left foot raised on a rock, his head profile to the left, wearing an olive wreath, rests his right hand on his seat, and in his left arm cradles a lyre; a nude, winged Eros, standing profile to the left, with his weight on his straight left leg, wearing a grain (?) wreath, holds a plate of fruit in both hands.
- Collection:
- Paris, Muse du Louvre L 58
- Bought in Paris in 1880.
Citations and Bibliography
BCH 90 (1966) 674