Neoptolemus sacrificing Polyxena at Achilles's tomb
Year: 1539
From: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Paris 1539 (Denys Janot), Vol. 3, p. 150
External link: www.digitale-sammlungen.de
Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
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