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Priam Ransoming Hector's Body

19th century
Not on view
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 second relief of the sequence, derives from Homer's Iliad XXII, 477-580.

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Object Information
  • Title: Priam Ransoming Hector's Body
  • Artist: Giovanni Maria Benzoni (Italian, Songavazzo, near Clusone (Lombardy) 1809–1873 Rome)
  • Date: 19th century
  • Culture: Italian, Rome
  • Medium: White marble
  • Dimensions: Pedestal, 33-1/4 x 33 in. (84.5 x 83.8 cm); L. 46 in. (116.8 cm.)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Kip, 1899
  • Object Number: 99.9c
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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