Black-Figure Trefoil Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Europa on Bull

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black-Figure Trefoil Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Europa on Bull

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Date
c. 530 BCE
Medium
ceramic
Culture
Greek, Attic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
111499

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Calmly seated sidesaddle on a bull, the woman depicted on the front of this small wine jug probably represents Europa, the Phoenician princess abducted by the Greek god Zeus. According to myth, Zeus either sent a bull or transformed himself into one, then carried Europa across the sea to Crete. There, she bore Zeus two or three sons, including the legendary king Minos. The bull ascended to the sky as the constellation Taurus. The continent of Europe takes its name from Europa, a Phoenician princess abducted by Zeus.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?-1929: (Mr. Mario de Ciccio, Naples, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1929-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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