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Achilles dragging Hector's corpse around the walls of Troy

Pietro TESTA
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

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch (TIB) 22 iv/vi; Cropper 121

Accession Number
1043-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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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

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