Hector lying on his funeral pyre
Object type: Relief
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Italian, Rome
Artist: Giovanni Maria Benzoni
Artist bio: Italian, Songavazzo, near Clusone (Lombardy) 1809–1873 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 19th century
Medium: White marble
Dimensions: Pedestal, 33-1/4 x 33 in.  (84.5 x 83.8 cm); L. 46 in. (116.8 cm.)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Kip, 1899
Accession year: 1899
Tags: Sadness|Children|Men|Women|Funerals|Death