Priamus Asking Achilles for Hector's Body
Artist/Maker
DatesMade: c. 1780
Material / Technique
Dimensionsh x w: Mått 170 x 236 cm h x w x d: Ram 189 x 255 x 12 cm
Inventory numberNM 1051
Other titlesTitle (sv): Priamus begär Hektors lik av Akilles. Ofullbordad Title (en): Priamus Asking Achilles for Hector's Body
DescriptionDescription: Louis Masreliez was the son of the French sculptor Adrien Masreliez, who worked at Stockholm Palace. Louis studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, then located in a wing of the palace. He travelled to Italy in 1770, via Paris, to study history painting. When Masreliez returned to Sweden in 1783, he received almost exclusively royal commissions for interior design. This history painting of a subject from The Iliad is, characteristically, unfinished.
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TechniquePainting
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