Not on display
- Artist
- Henry Hugh Armstead 1828–1905
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- Object: 1257 x 1829 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Bequeathed by the artist 1906
- Reference
- N02054
Display caption
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.
Gallery label, September 2004
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