Eos and Memnon, Douris Painter, Louvre G 115

Louvre Museum, 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. 490–480 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, Campana Gallery, room 43

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