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| Keywords: Exekias - Black-figure Belly Amphora with the Reclamation of Helen and Herakles and Kerberos - Walters 4816 - Side A Detail.jpg In another of his labors Herakles has returned from the underworld with Kerberos the multi-headed dog who guards its entrance while the messenger-god Hermes leads the way with two women looking on On the back a warrior draws his sword on a modestly veiled woman in the presence of two onlookers; this scene has been identified as Menelaos' recovery of Helen after the capture of Troy between 540 530 BC Archaic terracotta H 19 x W 12 5/8 x Diameter at rim 7 15/16 in 48 2 x 32 07 x 20 2 cm accession number 48 16 30822 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome before 1897 no 189 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Exekias Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
