Title

Prize Sculpture by Mr. Adams - "Orestes and Pylades carrying away the Statue of Diana..., 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Prize Sculpture by Mr. Adams - "Orestes and Pylades carrying away the Statue of Diana from Taurica Chersonesus, 1858. '. The tradition which forms the subject of Mr. Adams's sculpture is thus given by Euripides: "Orestes, after the murder of his mother, consulted the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, where he was informed that nothing could deliver him from the persecutions of the Furies if he did not bring into Greece Diana's statue, which was in the Taurica Chersonesus, and which, as it is reported by some, had fallen down from heaven'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A82_052

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

16,5Mo (2,2Mo) / 16,0cm x 25,9cm / 1889 x 3057 (300dpi)

Keywords

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