Title

Hades carries off Persephone, detail of Red-figure Volute Krater, c380 BC Artist: Iliupersis Painter.

Caption

Hades carries off Persephone, detail of Red-figure Volute Krater, c380 BC. By the Iliupersis Painter Ornate Apulian style, held at British Museum. Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 530 B.C. and remained in use until the late 3rd century B.C.

Date

380th century BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B82_452

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,5Mb (1,9Mb) / 13,9in x 14,7in / 4161 x 4410 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy female women woman people religious star country detail marriage religion museum Greek Greece deity God location British Museum century bride pottery lady artefact concept vase mythology husband artifact B&W goddess MONOCHROME Homeware black & white black and white B W Ancient Greece Greek mythology 20th century Ancient Greek Apulia historic CM Dixon 4th century BC Hades Persephone red figure TGN underworld object Apulian Dixon CM Kore CM Dixon Mike Dixon vase painting Iliupersis Painter Painter Iliupersis CM Dixon object