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Farewell of Hector and Andromache (1727) Jean-Charles Le Vasseur. Farewell of Hector and Andromache (engraving, 1769) In 1769, Losenko returned to Russia. In the same year, he commenced work on the painting Vladimir and Rogneda, which became one of the first paintings on a subject from Russian history. The painting was completed in 1770, and ...
Andromache Mourning Hector by Jacques-Louis David, 1783. In Greek mythology, Andromache (/ æ n ˈ d r ɒ m ə k iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομάχη, Andromákhē [andromákʰɛ:]) was the wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes. [1] She was born and raised in the city of Cilician Thebe, over which her father ruled.
Anton Pavlovich Losenko (Russian: Антон Павлович Лосенко; 10 August [O.S. 30 July] 1737 – 4 December [O.S. 23 November] 1773) was a Russian neoclassical painter and academician who specialized in historical subjects and portraits.
Andromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil-on-canvas painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David. The painting depicts an image from Homer 's Iliad , showing Andromache , comforted by her son, Astyanax , mourning over her husband Hector , who has been killed by Achilles . [ 1 ]
Farewell of Hector and Andromache; G. Galatea (Raphael) The Garden of Pan; The Golden Age (painting) H. Helen of Troy (painting) J. Jason and Medea (painting)
Andromache (Ἀνδρομάχη), wife of Hector and later slave of Achilles' son, Neoptolemus after the war. Antenor (Ἀντήνωρ), a Trojan nobleman who argues that Helen should be returned to Menelaus in order to end the war. In some versions he ends up betraying Troy by helping the Greeks unseal the city gates.
Jacques-Louis David, Andromache Mourning Hector 1783. Sappho 44 tells the story of the marriage of the Trojan hero Hector and his wife Andromache. Sappho 44 tells the story of the marriage of Hector and Andromache, which is mentioned in Book 22 of the Iliad. It describes Andromache's arrival in Troy, escorted by Hector and watched by the ...
According to the Iliad, Hector did not approve of war between the Greeks and the Trojans. For ten years, the Achaeans besieged Troy and their allies in the east. Hector commanded the Trojan army, with a number of subordinates including Polydamas, and his brothers Deiphobus, Helenus and Paris. By all accounts, Hector was the best warrior the ...