Title
The sacrifice of Polyxena
(1680s)
Artists
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Details
- Date
- (1680s)
- Media category
- Materials used
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 43.8 x 62.6 cm platemark (irreg.); 51.0 x 76.1 cm sheet (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1979
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 238.1979
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Pietro Aquila
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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after Pietro da Cortona
Works in the collection
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About
Polyxena, daughter of King Priam of Troy and Hecabe, was taken by Agamemnon after the fall of Troy. She was sacrificed on the Thracian coast to appease the ghost of Achilles and to ensure fair weather and safe sailing.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Nicholas Draffin, Piety and Paganism, Sydney, 1991, 6. no catalogue numbers
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Peter Raissis, Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian old master prints from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998, 8. no catalogue numbers
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