
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)