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The Sacrifice of Polyxena (Polyxena manibus Achilles immolatur), plate 122 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive Transformationum)
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of S. Paul Jones 1935
Title: The Sacrifice of Polyxena (Polyxena manibus Achilles immolatur), plate 122 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive Transformationum)
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