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The Sacrifice of Polyxena

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Oil on canvas
Rights: Public Domain
European Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase 2012 Benefit Fund and Bequest of Grace Wilkes and Fletcher Fund by exchange 2013
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Title: The Sacrifice of Polyxena
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Oil on canvas.

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