Briseis and Achilles

G F Watts (1817 - 1904)

Watts Gallery

1858 - 1860

The large fresco depicts a scene from the Iliad, where Achilles watches Briseis being led away from his tent. Grant was paid towards the cost of cutting the fresco from the wall at Bowood and transporting it to the Gallery.

• Medium: remounted fresco
• Dimensions: 138 x 610 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1956
• Presented by Lord Lansdowne through The Art Fund

Provenance

Lord Lansdowne, Bowood House, Wiltshire.

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