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Historia Troiana / The Aftermath of the War / Agamemnon / Orestes avenges Agamemnon / Furies at the tomb of Agamemnon
Historia Troiana / The Aftermath of the War / Agamemnon / Orestes avenges Agamemnon / Orestes kills Clytemnestra / In the presence of the dead Aegisthus
Orestes / Census of Antique Art Known to the Renaissance / Known Prototypes / Rome, Palazzo Giustiniani
Orestes / After the death of Clytemnestra / Orestes seeking refuge in Delphi, with the sleeping furies in the temple

Further details

At the left the furies at the tomb of Agamenon (Orestes not shown), in the centre Orestes killing Aegisthus and Clytemnestra, at the right Orestes with the sleeping furies in the temple of Delphi

Artist or creator

Girolamo da Carpi (1501-1556) (attributed)

Date

1550 (circa)

Location

New York, Sotheby's (Auction lot 35; beforehand London, Christie's, 8 December 1981, lot 23)

Auction

Sotheby's [14/01/1987]

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

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Acknowledgements

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

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