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Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / Death of Hector / Mourning of Hector / Hecuba and Andromache mourning
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The sack of Troy / Cycles / Mantua, Palazzo Ducale (Sarcophagus, probably 1st century AD)

Further details

Andromache (seated) mourning either for her husband Hector or for her son Astyanax. Behind her, to the right, a nurse or Hecuba. The two woman crying on the left side are perhaps Hector's sisters. The statuette of Minerva to the farther left.

Artist or creator

Ancient Roman

Date

2nd century

Location

Mantua, Palazzo Ducale

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Carl Robert, Die Antiken Sarkophagreliefs, vol. 2, Berlin, 1890, pp. 71-73, no. 73; Paul Zanker and Bjorn C. Ewald, Living with Myths: The Imagery of Roman Sarcophagi, trans. Julia Slater, Oxford, 2012, pp. 350-353

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Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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