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Hero und Leander

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German Photographer · 1825–1886

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Date: 1859–1862
Medium: Albumen silver print
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Reproduction of an illustration by Karl von Piloty depicting the lovers Hero and Leander afloat on the water after drowning in the sea. Their heads lean against each other as Poseidon looks on from his perch on the shoulders of several sea deities. He wears a crown and holds his trident.

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