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Pietro Testa
Achilles dragging Hector's corpse around the walls of Troy (c. 1648-1650)
etching
26.4 × 41.6 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
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Achilles dragging Hector's corpse around the walls of Troy
(c. 1648-1650)
Medium
etching
Measurements
26.4 × 41.6 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch (TIB) 22 iv/vi; Cropper 121
Accession Number
1043-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology Violence
Subjects (specific)
Achilles (Greek character) chariots (ancient vehicles) city walls corpses (bodies) deaths Hector (Greek character) nudes (representations) victories
Movements
Baroque