The Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Met
Artist: Charles Le Brun(French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
Date: 1647
Department: European Paintings
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 70 × 51 3/4 in. (177.8 × 131.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, 2012 Benefit Fund, and Bequest of Grace Wilkes and Fletcher Fund, by exchange, 2013
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Partially draped woman pulled by men, with a sarcophagus, golden urn, and mountains
Detailed Description
A woman, partially nude, is depicted with a blue drapery covering her lower body. She wears a light-colored wreath on her head and has her arms outstretched. She is pulled by several figures. To her immediate right, a man in a brown tunic and a golden helmet holds her arm, while another man in a similar helmet and dark tunic holds a dagger pointed towards her. To her left, a young boy with curly hair reaches towards her. Further to the right, a man in an orange cloak and green head covering pulls her from behind. In the background on the left, a large, light-colored sarcophagus is visible. It is decorated with a relief of a helmeted profile head and wavy vertical lines, and draped with a green garland. Above the sarcophagus, a sculpted head is visible. To the far left, a dark-robed figure stands next to a tall, golden urn on a decorative pedestal, from which a white cloth hangs. In the upper right, a dark, cloudy sky transitions to lighter hues near the horizon, with distant, dark mountains. Faint figures with spears and horses are visible in the far background on the right. The dominant colors include the woman's blue drapery, the golden hues of armor and the urn, the orange and green of the cloaked figure, and the dark blues and grays of the sky and mountains.
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