LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Cerberus

Terracotta lamp Period: Imperial Date: late 1st–2nd century A.D. Culture: Roman Medium: Terracotta Dimensions: length 13.89 cm. Classification: Vases Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1942 Accession Number: 42.11.47 Description: The discus on the top of this lamp depicts Serapis seated on a throne, holding a long scepter. To his right is Cerberus, the mythical dog who guarded the entrance to the Underworld. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

Terracotta lamp Period: Imperial Date: late 1st–2nd century A.D. Culture: Roman Medium: Terracotta Dimensions: length 13.89 cm. Classification: Vases Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1942 Accession Number: 42.11.47 Description: The discus on the top of this lamp depicts Serapis seated on a throne, holding a long scepter. To his right is Cerberus, the mythical dog who guarded the entrance to the Underworld. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

Title: Sardonyx cameo fragment with Hercules tying up Cerberus Medium; Technique: Sardonyx Culture: Greek or Roman Period: Hellenistic or Early Imperial Date: 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Dimensions: H.: 5/8 x 1 in. (1.6 x 2.6 cm) Classification: Gems Credit Line: Gift of Milton Weil, 1932 Accession Number: 32.142.1 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Silver Votive Plaque Roman, late 2nd-3rd century AD Accession # 1981.61 Similar votives, made of thin sheets of silver, cut and impressed to look like leaves or feathers, are known from many different provinces of the Roman Empire. They were pinned up in temples or shrines as votives to a variety of deities, who are usually named in a dedication. This example, however, in uninscribed, but the seated god can be identified as Pluto, God of the Underworld because he is accompanied by the three-headed guard dog Cerberus. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Silver Votive Plaque Roman, late 2nd-3rd century AD Accession # 1981.61 Similar votives, made of thin sheets of silver, cut and impressed to look like leaves or feathers, are known from many different provinces of the Roman Empire. They were pinned up in temples or shrines as votives to a variety of deities, who are usually named in a dedication. This example, however, in uninscribed, but the seated god can be identified as Pluto, God of the Underworld because he is accompanied by the three-headed guard dog Cerberus. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Plate Greek, Archaic Period, about 525–520 B.C. By Paseas, Formerly known as Painter of the Cerberus Plate Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece Dimensions: Height: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.); diameter: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.) Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Classification: Vessels Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 001 Accession Number: 01.8025 Herakles is dragging the three-headed dog (two heads are shown here) Kerberus out of Hades. Hermes is also present, wearing a pointed cap and carrying his herald's wand (kerycheion). Herakles wears his normal costume, the skin of the Nemean Lion, and carries his bow, but in unusual fashion is depicted as a beardless youth. The group stands on the ground line created by the exergue. In the exergue is an elaborate palmette and lotus design. Condition: Repaired with some restorations. Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/plate-153852

Plate Greek, Archaic Period, about 525–520 B.C. By Paseas, Formerly known as Painter of the Cerberus Plate Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece Dimensions: Height: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.); diameter: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.) Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Classification: Vessels Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 001 Accession Number: 01.8025 Herakles is dragging the three-headed dog (two heads are shown here) Kerberus out of Hades. Hermes is also present, wearing a pointed cap and carrying his herald's wand (kerycheion). Herakles wears his normal costume, the skin of the Nemean Lion, and carries his bow, but in unusual fashion is depicted as a beardless youth. The group stands on the ground line created by the exergue. In the exergue is an elaborate palmette and lotus design. Condition: Repaired with some restorations. Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/plate-153852

Fragmentary water jar (hydria) with Herakles and Kerberos Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 490 B.C. the Berlin Painter Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece Dimensions: Length: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); depth: 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.) Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Classification: Vessels Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 122. Accession Number: 03.838 Sharply defined shoulder with double row of palmette and lotus. On body: Herakles, with Athena and Hermes, bringing the three-headed hell-hound Kerberos from Hades. As in most of his deeds, Herakles was assisted by Athena who stands at the left holding her helmet. At the right, with only his right hand and round sun-hat (petasos) remaining, is Hermes, who conducted the souls of the dead to the Underworld. For a number of reasons, fragments from the same vase often become ...separated and end up in different collections. The small fragment with a part of Cerberus's body entered the museum long after the larger one. Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/fragmentary-water-jar-hydr...