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Apulian Red-Figure Oenochoe

An oinochoe (oenochoe) is a jug for pouring wine. The scene shown in red-figure is the rape of the daughter of the Athenian king Erechtheus by the wind god.
Rape of Oreithyia by Boreas

Rape of Oreithyia by Boreas. Detail from an Apulian red-figure oenochoe, c. 360 B.C.

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The painting is attributed to the Salting Painter. The oenochoe is at the Louvre whose website describes the art as baroque, and the oenochoe as large, in the ornate style, and with the following dimensions: H. 44.5 cm; Diam. 27.4 cm.

Source: Louvre: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities : Classical Greek Art (5th-4th Centuries BC)

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