Plate with Hero and Leander. (Updated over a year ago)

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ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Anonymous (c. 1400 - 1550): The story of the lovers Hero and Leander is depicted. The two lived on opposite sides of Hellespont; the strait separating Asia and Europe. Every night Leander swam to visit Hero in her tower. When Leander was drowned in a storm; Hero threw herself into the sea in despair and also drowned.

Tags: ceramics , early modern , italian , renaissance

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 25, 2007.

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