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Achilles Discovered with the Daughters of Lycomedes
  • Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
    1675-1741
    born: Venice, Italy ; died: Venice, Italy
  • Achilles Discovered with the Daughters of Lycomedes, early 1700s
  • oil on canvas
  • Canvas/Support Dimensions: 97.2 x 132.1 cm
    Canvas/Support Dimensions: 38 1/4 x 52 in
  • Gift of A.W. Kincade
  • On view: 17th/18th Century Gallery
  • 1975.0035
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Figures in an interior. Torso view of woman in white, yellow, and blue holding sword in both hands center. Half-length figure in red and saffron left with his back to the viewer. He has a turban around his head of stripped fabric. Older man with a white beard and turban far left. He wears white fabric with green stripes. Three female figures in the bottom left quadrant, two in profile and one three quarters view. All have curly brown hair. Green drapery in the top left corner, square column in the center background, and sky in the top right corner.