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Daedalus / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known Prototypes / Paris, Musée du Louvre and Rome, Villa Borghese
Daedalus / Daedalus with Pasiphae's cow
Pasiphaë

Further details

formerly in Rome, Villa Borghese. Depicting, from the left, Daedalus conversing with Queen Pasiphae (and perhaps receiving instructions from her), in the middle, Daedalus commanding the workmen in building the cow, and in the far right, Daedalus presenting the cow to Queen Pasiphae.

Artist or creator

Ancient Roman

Date

150 (circa)

Location

Paris, Musée du Louvre (MA 1033)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Musée du Louvre (Photographer (analogue))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Carl Robert, Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs. Bd. 3, Einzelmythen, part 1, Actaeon - Hercules, Berlin 1897, pp. 48-49, no. 35; Dagmar Grassinger, Die mythologischen Sarkophage, vol. 2 (Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs 12, 2), Berlin 1992, pp.100-101, no. 25.

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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