Herakles and Achelous Louvre G365

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
Heracles fighting the river-god Achelous for Deianeira. Side A from an Attic red-figure column-krater, ca. 450 BC. From Agrigento.
Dimensions H. 38.5 cm (15 in.), Diam. 24 cm (9 ¼ in.), W. 37 cm (14 ½ in.)
Credit line De Witte bequest, 1890
Accession number G 365
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, first floor, room 39, case 4
Photographer/source Jastrow (2007)

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