Priam in the Tent of Achilles

Image credit: Compton Verney

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This small painting is an oil sketch (known as a bozzetto) that sets out the composition for a larger canvas. Priam in the Tent of Achilles depicts a scene from 'The Iliad' by the Greek poet Homer, in which Priam, the King of Troy, implores the Greek warrior Achilles to return the body of his son Hector. The finished painting has been lost.

Compton Verney

Compton Verney

Title

Priam in the Tent of Achilles

Date

c.1695

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 48.9 x W 100.3 cm

Accession number

CVCSC : 0270.2.S

Acquisition method

purchased, 2001

Work type

Painting

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