Diana se compadece de Ifigenia que iba a ser sacrificada, y pone en su lugar una cierva · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Diana se compadece de Ifigenia que iba a ser sacrificada, y pone en su lugar una cierva
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Boeotia
Description: This image depicts the sacrifice of Iphigenia. Iphigenia was the daughter of King Agamemnon and he wanted to sacrifice his daughter to the god Neptune in exchange for a safe passage to Troy. Iphigenia is depicted in the centre of the engraving with the seer Calchas to the left about to sacrifice her with a knife. Her father Agamemnon is on the right side of the image shielding his eyes from watching his daughter get killed. At the last second, Diana substituted Iphigenia for a deer and saved her life. Diana is depicted floating on a bed of clouds at the top of the image holding the doe that she substitutes Iphigenia for.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25118
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_25118_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Agamemnon; Calchas; Sacrifice; Trojan War; Diana; Gods; Goddesses; Mythology; Iphigenia