Oil paint and metal leaf on canvas
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Parting Hero and Leander
Purchased 1945
actions: expressive
adults
architecture
astronomy
classical myths: gods and heroes
countries and continents
couple
embracing
features
Hero
historical: imagined views
Leander
male
man
moon
night
nudes
people
places
religion and belief
sea
seascapes and coasts
Sestos
sex and relationships
society
stair / step
times of the day
Turkey
wave
woman
<p>Hero was a beautiful priestess of Venus who lived at Sestos. She was deeply in love with a youth called Leander who lived at Abydos on the opposite shore of the Hellespont - a narrow strip of water now known as the Dardanelles. The lovers would meet at Sestos by night after Leander had swum across the channel, guided by a burning torch which Hero held aloft. One night, returning home, Leander was drowned in a storm.</p><p><em>Gallery label, January 1990</em></p>
painting oil paint metal leaf canvas
17 May 2004 – 8 September 2004
2004-09-08
17 May 2004
2004-05-17
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-05-17
The Boy
Collection based display
20 January 2006 – 23 April 2006
2006-04-23
20 January 2006 – 23 April 2006
2006-04-23
2006-01-20
Barber Institute of Fine Arts (Birmingham, UK)
http://www.barber.org.uk
2006-01-20
Moonlight over Europe: Dahl's 'Mother and Child by the Sea'
Loan-out
The Parting of Hero and Leander
support: 864 × 864 × 26 mm
frame: 1184 × 1184 × 185 mm
Purchased 1945
<p>Hero was a beautiful priestess of Venus who lived at Sestos. She was deeply in love with a youth called Leander who lived at Abydos on the opposite shore of the Hellespont - a narrow strip of water now known as the Dardanelles. The lovers would meet at Sestos by night after Leander had swum across the channel, guided by a burning torch which Hero held aloft. One night, returning home, Leander was drowned in a storm.</p>
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actions: expressive adults architecture astronomy classical myths: gods and heroes countries and continents couple embracing features Hero historical: imagined views Leander male man moon night nudes people places religion and belief sea seascapes and coasts Sestos sex and relationships society stair / step times of the day Turkey wave woman