Calyx Krater (Mixing Bowl)
Perugia Painter
about 400-380 BCE
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Dimensions
43.8 × 46.7 × 46.4 cm (17 1/4 × 18 3/8 × 18 1/4 in.)
Classification
vessel
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
170
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This vase was painted by a Greek artist who immigrated to Etruria, where Greek vases were a popular commodity. The seventh of Herakles’s Twelve Labors is shown here. Charged with capturing a monstrous bull that was terrorizing the people of Crete, the hero wields his club against the ungainly creature, watched over by King Minos on the left, the gods Apollo and Athena above, and Hermes on the right.