Agamemnon bringt Briseis in das Zelt des Achilles zurück
nach 1800
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions
74 x 94 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
1667
Art Historical Context
In the grand tradition of neoclassical art, Friedrich Heinrich Füger *Agamemnon bringt Briseis in das Zelt des Achilles zurück*Agamemnon Returns Briseis to Achilles Tent), painted after 1800, a pivotal moment from Homer's *Iliad*. The scene depicts the Trojan War hero Agamemnon reluctantly returning the captive Briseis to Achilles tent as a gesture to end a devastating plague afflicting the Greek army—a key turning point in the epic that underscores themes of pride, honor, and reconciliation. Füger, a prominent German-Austrian painter and director of Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts, drew inspira...