Queen Andromache and Her Son Taken Captive by Pyrrhus
Queen Andromache and Her Son Taken Captive by Pyrrhus

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Queen Andromache and Her Son Taken Captive by Pyrrhus,

ca. 1800

Jean-Pierre Granger, French, 1779–1840
2018-220

Information

Title
Queen Andromache and Her Son Taken Captive by Pyrrhus
Dates

ca. 1800

Maker
Jean-Pierre Granger
Medium
Pen and ink and wash over graphite
Dimensions
28.6 × 37.5 cm (11 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret and Gregory Hedberg, Class of 1968, in honor of Felton Gibbons
Object Number
2018-220
Signatures
Signed in pen and ink, lower left: Granger
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
graphite, laid paper, ink, wash
Subject
sons, men, mythology, women, royalty

Purchased by the current owners from Chantal Kiener/Jacques Fischer Gallery, Paris, in 1976

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