Danaë and the shower of gold, detail of a Boeotian red-figure krater

Danaë reclines on a bed draped with a patterned sheet. Her hair is arranged up on the back of her head and covered with a net or cloth. She wears a cloth drape open in front exposing her abdomen. Zeus in the form of rain falls on her abdomen.

Danaë reclines on a bed as Zeus in the form of rain falls on her abdomen. Boeotian red-figure krater, Louvre CA925. Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons.

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Associated Passages
1-18
Date
3rd quarter of the 5th century BCE
Medium
terracotta
Location
Louvre
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Wikimedia Commons