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Orestes and Pylades brought to Iphigenia for Sacrifice
1514/1536
(Italian, 1490–1540)
Sheet: 25.9 x 19.4 cm (10 3/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1922.464
Catalogue raisonné: Bartsch 194 (XIV.158) ; Passavant VI.54.35
Location: not on view
Description
This scene comes from Greek mythology. According to one version of the story, Orestes (son of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae) and his companion, Pylades, were sent on a mission to retrieve a sculpture of the goddess Artemis. They were captured, however, and brought to the temple to be sacrificed. Luckily, the temple's high priestess, Iphigenia, turns out to be Orestes's sister, who he believed was sacrificed long before. Overjoyed by their reunion, Iphigenia saves Orestes and Pylades and helps them obtain the statue.Agostino Musi was born in Venice and was a pupil of Giulio Campagnola (about 1482–after 1514) before going to Rome, where he worked under Marcantonio until 1520.
- Charles Marochetti (1805-1867), Paris and London, script (Lugt 392), verso, lower right, in pen and brown ink ; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Cleveland, OH
- Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
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