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Pelike: Rhea Handing Cronus the Swaddled Stone (Nausicaa Painter)

Greco-Roman Art

An Attic red-figure terracotta pelike, a two-handled storage jar, attributed to the Nausicaa Painter and dated to about 460 to 450 BC. Side A shows the Titan Rhea handing Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, the deception by which she saved the infant Zeus from being swallowed in his place, with Cronus, bearded and holding a sceptre, receiving it; side B shows a draped youth leaning on a staff beside a chair and a suspended bag. Its findspot is recorded as Rhodes, and it has been catalogued in the Beazley Archive (vase 214648) and the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC Cronus 22).

Facts
Physical Form
Medium
Red-figure terracotta 1
Origins
Creation
460 BCE to 450 BCE 1
Date of Creation
About 460 to 450 BC 1
Attributed To
The Nausicaa Painter 1
Country
Greece (findspot Rhodes) 2
Custody
Current Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 06.1021.144) 1
Current Custodian
Metropolitan Museum of Art 1
Classification
Object Type
Ceramic or Pottery 2
Medium (class)
Ceramic 2
Subject Matter
Depicted Subject
Rhea handing Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes in place of the infant Zeus, whom the ruse allows her to save. 2
Rights and Reproduction
Reproduction and Copyright
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released its own photograph of this vase under CC0. This atlas nonetheless describes and cites the work rather than reproducing an image of it. 1
Connections

Associated With

Cronus, Figures

This source names Cronus directly: "Side A shows the Titan Rhea handing Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, the deception by which she saved the infant Zeus from being swallowed in his place, with Cronus, bearded and holding..."

Source Rhea Handing a Swaddled Stone to Cronus, Met 06.1021.144 (Wikimedia Commons)
Rhea, Figures

This source names Rhea directly: "Side A shows the Titan Rhea handing Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, the deception by which she saved the infant Zeus from being swallowed in his place, with Cronus, bearded and holding..."

Source Rhea Handing a Swaddled Stone to Cronus, Met 06.1021.144 (Wikimedia Commons)

Belongs to Tradition

Ancient Greek Religion, Religions
Source Rhea Handing a Swaddled Stone to Cronus, Met 06.1021.144 (Wikimedia Commons)

Depicts

Cronus, Deities
Source Rhea Handing a Swaddled Stone to Cronus, Met 06.1021.144 (Wikimedia Commons)
Rhea, Deities
Source Rhea Handing a Swaddled Stone to Cronus, Met 06.1021.144 (Wikimedia Commons)

Originated In

Greece, Regions
Source Vase 214648 (Beazley Archive, Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford)
Sources
1. Rhea Handing a Swaddled Stone to Cronus, Met 06.1021.144 (Wikimedia Commons)
Wikimedia Commons, citing the Metropolitan Museum of ArtView the Source
2. Vase 214648 (Beazley Archive, Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford)
Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford (Beazley Archive)
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    An Attic red-figure terracotta pelike, a two-handled storage jar, attributed to the Nausicaa Painter and dated to about 460 to 450 BC.
  • Originated In: Greece, Stored country property on this entity, cited to this source: Greece (findspot Rhodes)
View the Source
Ancient Greek art (Wikipedia)
In Group: Ancient Greek Art, Attic red-figure terracotta pelike, dated to about 460 to 450 BCView the Source
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