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| Keywords: Sketch of a French Empire style clock. Penthesilea and a warrior.jpg en Watercolour gouache and pen and ink on laid paper Inscribed Penthesilé et Guerrier; marbre et bronze Penthesilea and a warrior; marble and bronze Numbered 2 Dimensions 73 cm by 54 6 cm To be executed in statuary marble; enamel dial with gilt bronze center The queen helmeted and with a pelta shield wielding an axe mounted on a horse rearing over a cowering helmeted warrior with uplifted circular shield nude except for his sword scabbard and a loin drapery in the center a rocky outcrop containing the clock As recounted in Homer ™s Odyssey Penthesilea Queen of the Amazons came with a band of female warriors to the aid of besieged Troy The Amazons were famed for their valour in battle and the fear they inspired by their war cry Penthesilea slew many of the bravest Greek warriors laying siege to Troy but was herself finally slain by the Greek hero Achilles However once he saw her beauty and youth face to face having bent over his fallen foe Achilles regretted killing her http //watercolours-drawings com/details asp subGalID 5 index 21 author circa 1820 PD-Art French Empire style mantel clock Sketches Pelta Women at war | ||||
