Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes (The Anger of Achilles)ca. 240 CEMarbleMusée du Louvr
Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes (The Anger of Achilles)ca. 240 CEMarbleMusée du Louvre, ParisFormerlyfrom the Borghese Collection, Rome, originally on the facade of the VillaBorghese. (It was cut in four panels and embedded on the west and southfacades.) In 1807, Napoleon I bought the collection for the Louvre from hisbrother-in-law, Prince Camillo Borghese (1775–1832). Believed to have beenfound in Rome, but created in Athens, the work was reconstructed as asarcophagus at the Louvre. -- source link
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