Death of Meleager
Death of Meleager. At left, King Oeneus and Meleager's sisters mourn him on his deathbed near his shield with the face of a Gorgon. Center, Meleager with chlamys kills Plexippus for the boar skin and fights Toxeus, sons of King Thestius of Pleuron. At right, Meleager's mother Althaea, agitated by one of the Furies, holds a burning branch in her hand. From a bas-relief in the Capotoline Museum. Morte di Meleagro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bennardoni from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1826
Picture No
13134273
Media ID
45769820
Size
9450px x 3120px
(8.3MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Bennardoni
