Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Iphigenia Being Led to Sacrifice
Alternate Title:
Sacrifice of Iphigeneia
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 9112
Location Note:
Piazza Museo Nazionale, 19
GPS:
40.8534 14.2505
Date:
ca. 62-79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Fourth Style; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
140 cm (height) x 138 cm (width)
Description:
Large fresco painted in the Fourth Style, from the House of the Tragic Poet (VII, 8, 5). Iphigenia is forcibly carried towards the altar for sacrifice by Ulysses and Diomedes (or Achilles); on the right stands Calchas, dressed in a long tunic, who displays his unease by bringing his hand to his mouth in a puzzled expression, while on the extreme left, Agamemnon, covered entirely by a cloak, with his head lowered and a hand covering his eyes, turns away from the scene. Artemis appears twice, in the small statue behind Agamemnon and in the sky, with a nymph who is leading a deer. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-IPS-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Iphigenia Being Led to Sacrifice