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
Collection Group
Support
paper
Medium
ink (black)