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The Sacrifice of Polyxena. Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Italian. Not on view. Polyxena was the youngest daughter of Priam, King of Troy. According to a Greek tragedy by Euripides (ca. 480–406 B.C.), she was sacrificed on an altar over the grave of Achilles, whose death she had caused.
The Sacrifice of Polyxena is a 17th-century painting by Italian artist Giovanni Francesco Romanelli. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts the death of Polyxena, a captive Trojan princess sacrificed to appease the ghost of the Greek hero Achilles, who had been killed by the Trojans.
Polyxena. The sacrifice of Polyxena by the triumphant Greeks ( Attic black-figure Tyrrhenian amphora, ca. 570–550 BC) In Greek mythology, Polyxena ( / pəˈlɪksɪnə /; Greek: Πολυξένη) was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. [1] She does not appear in Homer, but in several other classical authors ...
12 de nov. de 2020 · November 12, 2020. This painting, created by the Italian artist Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (c. 1610-1662), was inspired by the tragic myth of Polyxena. She was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and, after being captured by the Greeks at the end of the Trojan War, Polyxena’s fate seemed to be leading down the ...
Artist: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, Viterbo ca. 1610–1662 Viterbo) Date: 1610–62. Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on blue-gray paper. Dimensions: 9 x 12-5/8 in. (22.9 x 32.0 cm) Classification: Drawings.
Details. Title: The Sacrifice of Polyxena. Creator: Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641-1711) Date Created: 1667. Physical Dimensions: Platemark: 30.5 x 38.7 cm (12 x 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 33.1 x...
Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734) The Sacrifice of Polyxena c. 1726-30. Oil on canvas | 77.0 x 66.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404763. Queen's Drawing Room, Kew Palace. ©. Description. Polyxena, daughter of King Priam and Hecuba of Troy, is loved by the Greek hero Achilles.
