Priam Kneeling Before Achilles, Begging for the Body of His Son Hector

ca. 1790 (Neoclassical)

50.5 cm 18 cm

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This plaque or tablet shows a scene from the Iliad. The figures are executed in white on a black ground, and the plaque is housed in a metal frame with two rings for hanging. To the right is Priam, the King of Troy, who is begging the Greek leader Achilles (seated) for the bod...

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Collection of Horace Townsend, until 1914; Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1914 [Beautiful Old Wedgwood Including the Famous Hargreaves Collection of Wedgwood Medallions, Lot 340]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Neoclassical
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