Las damas Troyanas llevan en ombros a Polixene que acaba de espirar · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Las damas Troyanas llevan en ombros a Polixene que acaba de espirar
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Thrace; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts a group of Trojan women carrying the dead body of Polyxena, the daughter of King Priam of Troy. Polyxena had been sacrificed by the Greeks to honour the bravery of Achilles. The women are depicted lifting the body of Polyxena as they mourn for her and for Troy.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25123
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1819)
Image: mta_25123_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Polyxena; Trojan War; Mythology