Hecuba findt ermördten Son Polydorum · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Hecuba findt ermördten Son Polydorum
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving illustrates Hecuba, the wife of King Priam of Troy, mourning over the loss of her children who had been killed in the Trojan War. She is illustrated standing above her daughter Polyxena’s body, with other Trojan women by her side. While lamenting about Polyxena’s death, a body washed up on the shore. The body is her son, Polydorus, who had been murdered by King Polymestor.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:23243
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_23243_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Polyxena; Polydorus; Hecuba; King Priam; Trojan War; Murder; Greek Mythology