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Apulian Red-Figure Calyx Krater Fragment

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The Darius Painter is the name of an artist who decorated pottery using the red-figure technique in Apulia in southern Italy in the late 300s B.C. As with most vase-painters, the real name of the Darius Painter is unknown, and he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work. He is named for a vase in Naples that depicts Darius, a Persian king. The Darius Painter was one of the first to d

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Date: about 350 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (South Italian, Apulian)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

Herakles threatening the Egyptian king Busiris. Herakles wears a laurel wreath on his head, and a baldric across his body. A lion-skin is draped over his left arm and he holds out his bow. From the side of his head, a reserved rectangular feature that could be his club. Busiris wears a short-sleeved belted tunic over a red long-sleeved garment, with a double bandolier across his chest. He is bearded and bears a Phrygian cap (red) on his head. He gestures in supplication towards Herakles, and holds staff in his left hand. At the top of the fragment are the legs of a draped figure wearing sandals and seated in a three-quarter view to right. Preserved at the top edge is perhaps a bit of drapery. The two small reserved areas on the right edge are unidentifiable. Interior, black.

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