Hector lying on his funeral pyre

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 third relief of the sequence, derives from Homer's Iliad XXIV, 780-87.

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