File:Etty-HeroAndLeander.jpg
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editWilliam Etty: English: Hero and Leander
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English: Hero and Leander |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | September 1829 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h 77 x w 95 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | Private collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Each night Leander would swim across a streach of sea to meet his lover Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite. She would guide him by holding up a lighted torch. One night, during a storm, Leander drowned. The grief-stricken Hero threw herself from a tower. Here, the two dead lovers are shown in their tragic, final embrace, as their lives drift away. The tones of their glowing, sensual skin are set off against a sombre sea and storm clouds. The black hair and drapery of Hero seem to merge into the dark shadows. |
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| Source/Photographer | The Art Book Phaidon Press. p. 152. ISBN 0714836257 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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