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Plate 122: The Sacrifice of Polyxena (Polyxena manibus achillis immolatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
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Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1951
Title: Plate 122: The Sacrifice of Polyxena (Polyxena manibus achillis immolatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
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