King Priam and Hector’s wife Andromache and son Astynanax make ritual offerings before a priest in Troy after the departure of Hector. Helen and Paris at right, and Cassandra and Queen Hecuba next to Priam. La famiglia di Priamo dopo le partenze di Ettore. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso after a painting by Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrario’s Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1847.

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