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Summary
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English: Menelaus Painter (name vase)
Français : Peintre de Ménélas (vase éponyme) |
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| Description |
English: Menelaus intends to strike Helen; struck by her beauty, he drops his swords. A flying Eros and Aphrodite (on the left) watch the scene. Detail of an Attic red-figure crater, ca. 450–440 BC, found in Gnathia (now Egnazia, Italy).
Français : Ménélas a l'intention de tuer Hélène mais, frappé par sa beauté, il lâche son épée. Un Éros volant et Aphrodite, à gauche d'Hélène, regardent la scène. Détail d'un cratère attique à figures rouges, 450-440 av. J.-C., découvert à Gnathia (actuelle Egnazia, Italie). |
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| Dimensions | H. 27.4 cm (10 ¾ in.), W. 33.3 cm (13 in.), Diam. 30.2 cm (11 ¾ in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully wing, room 39 |
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| Accession number |
G 424 |
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| Credit line | Campana Collection, 1861 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Jastrow (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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