Eos and Memnon, Douris Painter, Louvre G 115

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Signed by Douris (painter) and Kalliades (potter)

So-called “Memnon pieta”: Eos lifting up the body of her son Memnon. Kalos inscription. Interior from an Attic red-figure cup, ca. 490/80 BC. From Capua, Italy.
Dimensions H. 12 cm (4 ½ in.), Diam. 26.9 cm (10 ½ in.)

Credit line Former collection of Charles Hippolyte de Paravey; purchase in public auction, 1873

Accession number G 115

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, 1st floor, room 43, case 21

References Beazley, Attic Red-figured Vase-Painters (1963), 434, 74.

Photographer/source User:Bibi Saint-Pol, 2007-05-09

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Douris' signature :ΔΟΡΙΣ ΕΓΡΑΦΣΕΝ

another version of Jastrow (2006)

See also

Menelaus Paris Louvre G115

Eos and Memnon (color version)

Mythology Images

Ancient Greek Pottery

List of Greek Vase Painters

Greek Pottery Images

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