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Historia Troiana / Events before the Trojan War / The Greeks prepare for war / The sacrifice of Iphigenia / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known prototypes / Rome, Villa Albani (sarcophagus)
Historia Troiana / Events before the Trojan War / The Greeks prepare for war / The sacrifice of Iphigenia / Iphigenia in Tauris / Orestes and Pylades brought before Iphigenia as prisoners
Historia Troiana / Events before the Trojan War / The Greeks prepare for war / The sacrifice of Iphigenia / Iphigenia in Tauris / Orestes and Pylades contesting to be sacrificed
Iphigenia / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known prototypes / Rome, Villa Albani (sarcophagus)

Further details

A sixteenth-century drawing showing the two fragments of the sarcophagus together

Artist or creator

Ancient Roman (after)

Date

2nd century

Location

Rome, Villa Albani

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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