The Saving of the Infant Pyrrhus



The Saving of the Infant Pyrrhus

Summary

Figure groups either side of a stream. An armed guard within the near-side group holds an infant who is attended to by a kneeling female figure. Guards with spears in the foreground prepare to launch spears across the river to the group of unarmed men in the middle ground.


Object Name

The Saving of the Infant Pyrrhus

Date Created

1676

Dimensions

plate: 39cm x 51.7cm
support: 41.9cm x 52.2cm

accession number

1966.693

Support

paper

Medium

ink (black)


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