French School, circa 1800

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

French School, circa 1800
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus
oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 April 1973, lot 79 (as Hamilton), where acquired.

Catalogue Note

The subject of Achilles mourning his friend Patroclus comes from Book 16 of Homer's Iliad. The figure of Patroclus here may be found in two works which depict another Homeric subject, Andromache Mourning Hector: an oil sketch, circa 1759, by Gavin Hamilton(National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; acc. no. NG 2428), and the work by Jacques-Louis David, 1783 (Musée du Louvre, Paris; D.L. 1969-1).