Veiled head of a youth
54 / 56
Youth head from Baalbeck

Wilhelm Tischbein: The heads of the seven main heroes of the Iliad

Dimensions
height: 26 cm; width: 45.5 cm
Date
ca. 1796
Period
post-antique
Material
paper
Iconography
helmet; male head
Present location
London, British Museum
Inventory
1873,0809.150
ID
Per-6786

Etching and engraving. Portrait heads of the heroes of the Iliad, from left to right: Menelaus, Paris, Diomedes, Ulysses, Nestor, Achilles and Agamemnon.

See more on the website of the British Museum.

Trails
THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE
0
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.