The Sacrifice of Polyxena at the Tomb of Achilles

ca. 1735 (Baroque)

51.8 cm 70 cm

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The tragic moment depicted is from the end of the Trojan War. According to legend, the ghost of the Greek hero Achilles demanded that the Trojan princess Polyxena be sacrificed at his tomb. Achilles's son, with the feathered helmet, is leading the sacrifice. According to the R...

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Glaenzer and Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1907 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Mueseum, 1931, by bequest.
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