Achilles nimmt Abschied von Briseis

Title

Achilles nimmt Abschied von Briseis

Draughtsman

• Gavin Hamilton

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Scottish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder): Hamilton in Roma; mittig: [unleserlich]
Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Achilles
• Patroclus
• Briseis
• Talthybius
• Eurybates

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Homer

Illustrated Passage

• Homer: Ilias, 1, 345-348

Primary

• 94F12 Briseis is taken away from Achilles and led to Agamemnon by the heralds Talthybius and Eurybates; Achilles may be holding a lyre