Hector exposed on the banks of the Scamander - Deshays
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Date :
1759
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
244x180 cm
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Description
Booklet from the 1759 Salon:
"By M. Deshays, Academician.
91. [...]
92. Hector exposed on the banks of the Scamander after being killed by Achilles, & dragged to his chariot. Venus preserves his body from corruption.
This subject is taken from the 22nd. Book of the Iliad. It is eight feet high and five feet wide."
History :
3. Deshays exhibited a painting on the same subject at the Salon of 1765, no. 33.
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Technical Data
Notice #001124
Past ID :
A0443
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