Iris Encourages Priam to Beg the Body of Hector from Achilles

A pen and brown wash drawing shows a bearded old man in a flowing cloak reaching forward while a female figure floats above him, pointing toward distant tents. Mourning women recline at left, and tall columns rise at right beneath billowing clouds.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1810–20

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on thick white wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3000 × 1928 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum