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Giovanni Maria Benzoni Italian
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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.
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Title: Hector lying on his funeral pyre
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: 99.9f
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