A small plaque (22.54 × 20 cm) depicts the discovery of Polydorus' dead body by two Trojan captive women. Hecuba, the mother of the deceased Polydorus, is one of them. According to the myth, the Thracian king Polymestor have murdered Polydorus, the son of Priam, whom he had vowed to protect, and dumped his body into the sea after the fall of Troy. In front of the Greek camp, this washed up. A bull is killed in the foreground by a servant and sacrificed in honor of the deceased. A priest has already prepared the altar. Aeneas, a Trojan ally, and Priam's relative, is visible next to the women (the Roman poet Virgilius describes Aeneas'sadventures in his poem "Aeneid"). The names of Aeneas, Polydorus, as well as the Thrace region are written in Latin. In terms of morphology, clothing, and scenography the plaque refers to Late Middle Ages.
Caption Polychrome enamel plaque with the discovery of Polydorus' dead body
Mythic people Polydorus (Hero), Aeneas (Hero) ,Polymestor (King)
Type Other
Artist/Creator Master of the Aeneid
Origin Limoges, France
Current position William Randolph Hearst Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Index number 51.13.1
Dating 1530 AD
Notes
Plaque with Scene of the Discovery of the Murder of Polydorus | LACMA Collections
Για άλλα έργα του ιδίου ζωγράφου βλ. Master of the Aeneid - The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)
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