The Sacrifice of Polyxena, Giovanni Francesco Romanelli

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The Sacrifice of Polyxena, Oil on canvas, 77 3/4 x 88 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Italian, Viterbo ca. 1610–1662 Viterbo), Polyxena was the youngest daughter of Priam, King of Troy. According to a Greek tragedy by Euripides (ca. 480–406 ), she was sacrificed on an altar over the grave of Achilles, whose death she had caused

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