Herakles_Achelous_Louvre_G365.jpg

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Description
English: Herakles fighting the river-god Achelous for Deianeira. Side A from an Attic red-figure column-krater, ca. 450 BC. From Agrigento .
Français : Héraclès combattant Achéloös pour Déjanire. Face A d'un cratère à colonnettes attique à figures rouges, v. 450 av. J.-C. Provenance : Agrigente.
Date circa 450 BC
Medium red-figure pottery
Dimensions height: 38.5 cm (15.1 in); width: 37 cm (14.5 in); diameter: 24 cm (9.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,38.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,37U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,24U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Céramiques et terres cuites, room 39: Galerie Campana - thématique . Sully, 1 st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number
G 365
Credit line 1890: bequeathed by Baron Jean de Witte
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database : entry 5769
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Italiano: Ercole combatte il dio-fiume Acheloo per la mano di Deianira. Visuale frontale da un vaso dipinto di rosso, ritrovato ad Agrigento circa nel 450 a.C. Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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Author Marie-Lan Nguyen
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