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Concept

Trojan War

Images

  • Sthenelos bandaging the wounded finger of Diomedes. Ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Chalcidian neck-amphora c. 550 B.C.
  • Achilles mourning the death of Patroclus. Stipple engraving by William Wynne Ryland after Angelica Kauffman, 1777.
  • Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders holding the household gods, as they escape from the sack of Troy. Colour relief etching by Elisha Kirkall, 1722, after Ugo da Carpi, 1518, after Raphael.
  • Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders holding the household gods, as they escape from the sack of Troy. Colour relief etching by Elisha Kirkall, 1722, after Ugo da Carpi, 1518, after Raphael.
  • Hector reproaching Paris for not fighting in the Trojan War. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius after Angelica Kauffman, 1788.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Andromache lamenting over the dead body of her husband Hector, surrounded by grieving members of the Trojan court. Engraving by D. Cunego, 1764, after Gavin Hamilton.

    Hamilton, Gavin, 1723-1798. | Date: [1764?] | Reference: 3063626i
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    Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back, escaping from the sack of Troy, accompanied by Creusa and Ascanius. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654.

    Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682. | Date: [1654] | Reference: 2814502i
    • Books

    Wounding and death in the Iliad : Homeric techniques of description / Wolf-Hartmut Friedrich ; translated by Gabriele Wright and Peter Jones ; preface by Peter Jones ; appendix by K.B. Saunders.

    Friedrich, Wolf-Hartmut. | Date: 2003
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    Hector reproaching Paris for not fighting in the Trojan War. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius after Angelica Kauffman, 1788.

    Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807. | Date: Jan.y 1st 1788 | Reference: 2855888i
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    An episode in the Iliad: a warrior, aided by Athene in a chariot, picks up a boulder to throw at an archer aided by Ares. Watercolour by S. Rigaud, 1795.

    Rigaud, Stephen Francis Dutilh, 1779-1861. | Date: March 1795 | Reference: 3005081i
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