Hector, Achilles, Priam, and Andromache
- Title:
- Hector, Achilles, Priam, and Andromache
- Collection:
- Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
- Date:
- 19th century
- ID Number:
- GI_13_055
- Accession Number:
- 13_3_0265
- Winckelmann No.:
- 265
- File Name:
- GI_13_055.jpg
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Red Jasper
- Subject:
- Hector
Andromache
Achilles
chariots (carriages)
Priam - Description:
- Hector is thrown from his chariot by Achilles while his wife Andromache and King Priam look on from the high walls of Troy. Andromache has her hands raised to the heavens, while Priam has his hands streteched out as if to aid Hector. The patron of the city is Cybele, who is seated in the bottom right, holding her head in her hands, grieving for the imminent destruction of the city. The charioteer of Achilles is Automedon.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Archival Collection:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.