Title

'The Sacrifice of Polyxena', 1730s. Artist: Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Younger

Caption

'The Sacrifice of Polyxena', 1730s. According th Greek Mythology, Polyxena was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. She was killed as a sacrifice after the death of Achilles, who had cofided in her the secret of his sole vulnerability, his heel. Polyxena passed the information on to her brothers, Paris and Deiphobus, who were able to kill Achilles by shooting him in the heel with a poisoned arrow. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg.

Date

1730

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images

Reference

HRM19D94_149

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,4Mb (2,6Mb) / 10,8in x 14,6in / 3230 x 4370 (300dpi)

Keywords

city Italy Italian female women woman people male man men arts painting country art guy color colour death column pillar pillars Baroque war location century lady concept mythology sacrifice trojan execution rococo Greek mythology Troy 18th century Eighteenth Century Ancient city Trojan Wars oil Baroque Era Rococo era Fine Art Images Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Younger Pittoni Giovanni Battista the Younger Giovanni Battista Pittoni II Polyxena oil