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Painter of the White Caps, Hydria (shoulder: robbery of Persephone, body: Naiskos with young woman), property of the Hamburg Art Collections Foundation, clay, painted (ceramic), quickly turned, alternately fired, clay, turned and painted, Total: Height: 73.9 cm; Diameter: 40.5 cm; Muzzle diameter: 24.4 cm; Base diameter: 22.2 cm; Weight: 12.3 kg, ceramic, gods (classic. Mythology), funerary monument, Late Classical (Greek antiquity), Greek antiquity, The shape of the vessel with two horizontal and one vertical handle is called Hydria according to ancient sources. It is a transport and casting vessel for water. This monumental vase is potted without a bottom; it was therefore not intended for actual use, but served as a display object at the funeral and was given to the deceased to take with him to the grave. On the shoulder a four-man team pushing to the left is depicted. In the carriage there is a bearded man with a naked upper body and a woman in a richly decorated robe with crown and veil. While she holds on to the carriage with one hand and lifts her veil with the other, the man has his arms wrapped around the woman in a possessive manner. Above the carriage hovers an Eros with incense burner and bowl in her hands. On the left side of the carriage the god Hermes shows the way. He is recognizable by his travelling hat (Greek petasos) and herald's staff (Greek kerykeion) as well as his winged shoes. Behind the vehicle there is a female figure with a coat, trousers and a knee-length robe. She also has a hat and holds a torch in each hand. It is the goddess Hekate, who illuminated the way to the underworld for the deceased. The entire scene is flanked on the left and right by a female figure in a long robe and hood sitting on an overturned hydria. The scene shows the robbery of Persephone by Hades, the ruler of the underworld. He fell in love with the daughter of Zeus and abducted her on his four-in-hand carriage into the underworld, in order to marry her there and.

Painter of the White Caps, Hydria (shoulder: robbery of Persephone, body: Naiskos with young woman), property of the Hamburg Art Collections Foundation, clay, painted (ceramic), quickly turned, alternately fired, clay, turned and painted, Total: Height: 73.9 cm; Diameter: 40.5 cm; Muzzle diameter: 24.4 cm; Base diameter: 22.2 cm; Weight: 12.3 kg, ceramic, gods (classic. Mythology), funerary monument, Late Classical (Greek antiquity), Greek antiquity, The shape of the vessel with two horizontal and one vertical handle is called Hydria according to ancient sources. It is a transport and casting vessel for water. This monumental vase is potted without a bottom; it was therefore not intended for actual use, but served as a display object at the funeral and was given to the deceased to take with him to the grave. On the shoulder a four-man team pushing to the left is depicted. In the carriage there is a bearded man with a naked upper body and a woman in a richly decorated robe with crown and veil. While she holds on to the carriage with one hand and lifts her veil with the other, the man has his arms wrapped around the woman in a possessive manner. Above the carriage hovers an Eros with incense burner and bowl in her hands. On the left side of the carriage the god Hermes shows the way. He is recognizable by his travelling hat (Greek petasos) and herald's staff (Greek kerykeion) as well as his winged shoes. Behind the vehicle there is a female figure with a coat, trousers and a knee-length robe. She also has a hat and holds a torch in each hand. It is the goddess Hekate, who illuminated the way to the underworld for the deceased. The entire scene is flanked on the left and right by a female figure in a long robe and hood sitting on an overturned hydria. The scene shows the robbery of Persephone by Hades, the ruler of the underworld. He fell in love with the daughter of Zeus and abducted her on his four-in-hand carriage into the underworld, in order to marry her there and.
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Caption: Painter of the White Caps, Hydria (shoulder: robbery of Persephone, body: Naiskos with young woman), property of the Hamburg Art Collections Foundation, clay, painted (ceramic), quickly turned, alternately fired, clay, turned and painted, Total: Height: 73.9 cm; Diameter: 40.5 cm; Muzzle diameter: 24.4 cm; Base diameter: 22.2 cm; Weight: 12.3 kg, ceramic, gods (classic. Mythology), funerary monument, Late Classical (Greek antiquity), Greek antiquity, The shape of the vessel with two horizontal and one vertical handle is called Hydria according to ancient sources. It is a transport and casting vessel for water. This monumental vase is potted without a bottom; it was therefore not intended for actual use, but served as a display object at the funeral and was given to the deceased to take with him to the grave. On the shoulder a four-man team pushing to the left is depicted. In the carriage there is a bearded man with a naked upper body and a woman in a richly decorated robe with crown and veil. While she holds on to the carriage with one hand and lifts her veil with the other, the man has his arms wrapped around the woman in a possessive manner. Above the carriage hovers an Eros with incense burner and bowl in her hands. On the left side of the carriage the god Hermes shows the way. He is recognizable by his travelling hat (Greek petasos) and herald's staff (Greek kerykeion) as well as his winged shoes. Behind the vehicle there is a female figure with a coat, trousers and a knee-length robe. She also has a hat and holds a torch in each hand. It is the goddess Hekate, who illuminated the way to the underworld for the deceased. The entire scene is flanked on the left and right by a female figure in a long robe and hood sitting on an overturned hydria. The scene shows the robbery of Persephone by Hades, the ruler of the underworld. He fell in love with the daughter of Zeus and abducted her on his four-in-hand carriage into the underworld, in order to marry her there and
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Image size: 3010 × 4320 px | 37.2 MB
Print size: 25.5 × 36.6 cm | 1185.0 × 1700.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ABDUCTED • ABUNDANCE • ACTUAL • AFFLUENCE • ALTERNATELY FIRED • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANCIENT SOURCES • AND HERALD'S STAFF • AND • APULIAN VASE PAINTING • ARGOLLA • ARMS WRAPPED • BACK • BACKSIDE • BALLS • BASE DIAMETER • BEARDED MAN • BODY • BOTTOM • BOWL • BOWLS • BOXES • BUILDING • BUILDING. • BUILDINGS • BURIAL • BUTT • CADAVER • CARGO • CARRIAGE HOVERS • CARRIAGE • CASTING VESSEL • CENTER • CERAMIC • CERAMICS • CHAINS • CLASSIC • CLAY • COAT • COMMON • CONNECTED • CONSTRUCTION • CORPS • CORPSE • COVER (CLOTHES) • CROWN • CULT • DAUGHTER • DEAD BODY • DEATH • DECEASED • DECORATED PEDESTAL • DECORATED • DEPICTED • DIAMETER • DISPLAY OBJECT • EARRINGS • EDIFICIO • EDIFICIOS • ELABORATELY DESIGNED HOOD • ELEVATED POSITION WITHIN SOCIETY • ENTIRE SCENE • ENTRANCE • ENTRY • EROS • EVERYDAY LIFE • FAN • FELL • FEMALE FIGURE • FEMALES • FETTERS • FLAMBEAU • FLANKED • FORMS (GEOMETRIC) • FORTUNA • FORTUNETELLER • FOUR-IN-HAND CARRIAGE • FOUR-MAN TEAM PUSHING • FUNERAL • FUNERARY MONUMENT • FUNERARY • GATEWAY • GENERAL • GESTURE • GESTURES • GIVEN • GOD HERMES • GODDESS HEKATE • GODDESS PERSEPHONE • GODDESS PROSERPINA • GODS • GRAVE • GREEK ANTIQUITY • GREEK GODDESS HEKATE • GREEK GODDESS KORE • GREEK GODDESS PERSEPHONE • GREEK KERYKEION • GREEK PETASOS • HADES • HADES, UNDERWORLD • HAMBURG ART COLLECTIONS FOUNDATION • HAND • HAND. • HANDCUFFS • HANDS • HAPPINESS • HAT • HATS • HAT    • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HEADGEAR • HEKATE, GODDESS • HOLD FANS • HOLDS • HOOD SITTING • HOVERING EROS • HYDRIA ACCORDING • HYDRIA • ILLUMINATED • IN ORDER • INCENSE BURNER • INSIDE SITS • INTENDED • INTERPRETED • IONIC COLUMNS • JEWELRY • KERAMEIKOS • KNEE-LENGTH ROBE • KORE, GODDESS • LATE CLASSICAL • LEFT HAND • LEFT SIDE • LEFT • LIFTING • LIFTS • LIVE • LONG ROBE • LONG ROBES • LOVE • LOWER PART • LUCK • MAN • MARRY • MEN • MONUMENTAL VASE • MUJER • MUJERES • MUZZLE DIAMETER • MYTH • MYTHOLOGY • NAIKOS • NAISKOS SCENE • NAISKOS • NAKED UPPER BODY • OFFERINGS • OVERCOAT • OVERTURNED HYDRIA • PAINTED • PAINTER • PALMETTE DECORATION • PANTALOONS • PANTS • PENDANT • PERSEFONE • PERSEPHONE'S HEADDRESS • PERSEPHONE • PERSEPHONE, ZEUS'DAUGHTER • PICTURE • PLENTIFULNESS • PLENTY • POSSESS HOODS • POSSESSIVE MANNER • POSSIBLE • POTTED • POTTERIES • POTTERY • PROFUSION • PROPERTY • PROSERPINA, GODDESS • QUICKLY TURNED • RECOGNIZABLE • REFERS • RICHLY DECORATED ROBE • RICHNESS • RIGHT • RITE • RITUAL • ROBBERY • RULER • SCENE • SERVED • SHACKLES • SHAPE • SHAPES • SHELTER • SHOULDER • SIDE • SIDES • SMALL TEMPLE- • STONEWARE • TAKE • TERRA COTTA • TERRACOTA • TERRACOTTA • THEME • TORCH • TORCHES • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORT. • TRANSPORTATION • TRANSPORTS • TRAVELLING HAT • TROUSERS • TURNED • TWO FEMALE COMPANION FIGURES • TWO HORIZONTAL • TWO SCENES • UNDERWORLD • UNMARRIED DECEASED WOMAN • UPCOMING WEDDING • VEHICLE • VEIL (CLOTHING) • VEIL REFER • VEIL • VERTICAL HANDLE • VESSEL • WATER • WAY • WEALTH • WEARS • WEDDING CROWN • WEIGHT • WELL • WHITE CAPS • WINGED SHOES • WOMAN WOMEN • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMAN. • WOMANS • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS • WRAPPED • YOUNG WOMAN • ZEUS