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Achilles Removing Patroclus' Body From the Battle

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

Achilles Removing Patroclus' Body From the Battle

Léon Davent|Giulio Romano

Date
ca. 1547
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 14 5/16 x 23 1/4 in. (36.3 x 59.1 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
49.97.550
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

French, active 1540–56|Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua

Subjects and terms

  • Patroclus
  • Battles
  • Swords
  • Men
  • Male Nudes
  • Achilles
  • Horses

The Met object ID 337376. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.