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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/henry-hugh-armstead-12" aria-label="More by Henry Hugh Armstead" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Henry Hugh Armstead</a>
Hero and Leander
Bequeathed by the artist 1906
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: birds
birth to death
classical myths: gods and heroes
clothing and personal items
death
drapery
eagle
embracing
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
grief
Hero
Leander
love
male
man
mythological
nudes
objects
people
reclining
religion and belief
society
symbols and personifications
woman
Zeus / Jupiter
Zeus / Jupiter - eagle
<p>This marble relief and the adjacent painting by William Etty show two episodes from the same classical story of two young lovers, Hero and Leander. Etty depicts the moment as the lovers say their final farewell: the moon in eclipse, symbol of impending disaster, foretells the tragedy of Leander's drowning. Armstead shows Hero embracing her dead lover, watched over by an eagle, symbol of Jupiter, the god who ordered the affairs of all other gods and men.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
relief marble
11 September 2014 – 25 May 2015
2015-05-25
25 February 2015 – 25 May 2015
2015-05-25
2015-02-25
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-09-11
Sculpture Victorious: Art in an Age of Invention, 1837-1901
Exhibition
Hero and Leander
object: 1257 × 1829 mm
Bequeathed by the artist 1906
<p>This marble <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/relief" title="Glossary definition for 'Relief'"><span>relief</span></a> and the adjacent <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> by William Etty show two episodes from the same <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/classicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Classicism'"><span>classical</span></a> story of two young lovers, Hero and Leander. Etty depicts the moment as the lovers say their final farewell: the moon in eclipse, symbol of impending disaster, foretells the tragedy of Leander's drowning. Armstead shows Hero embracing her dead lover, watched over by an eagle, symbol of Jupiter, the god who ordered the affairs of all other gods and men.</p>
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2004-09-09T00:00:00
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults animals: birds birth to death classical myths: gods and heroes clothing and personal items death drapery eagle embracing emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas grief Hero Leander love male man mythological nudes objects people reclining religion and belief society symbols and personifications woman Zeus / Jupiter Zeus / Jupiter - eagle