Achilles Defeating Hector
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Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
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Achilles Defeating Hector or Achilles the Vanquisher of Hector (French - Achille vainqueur d'Hector) is a c.1630 oil on panel painting by Peter Paul Rubens, showing Achilles defeating Hector during the Trojan War, with Athena hovering above.[1] It was originally intended as a cartoon for a tapestry and is now in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ (in French) "Joconde entry".
- ^ (in French) "Catalogue entry".
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