Achilles about to kill Hector, Pallas Athena between them

Giovanni Maria Benzoni

19th century · White marble · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

One of four panels (99.9c–f) that originally decorated the sides of the marble pedestal of 99.9a, b, Hector and Andromache. This relief, the first relief of the sequence, derives from Homer's Iliad XXII, 305-65.

Artist

Giovanni Maria Benzoni

Date

19th century

Medium

White marble

Culture

Italian, Rome

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Kip, 1899