Title: The Sacrifice of Polyxena
Object type: Print
Date: 1776
Artist:  Giovanni David 
Artist bio: Italian, Cabella Ligure 1749–1790 Genoa
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/4 × 11 15/16 in. (22.2 × 30.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 9/16 in. (26 × 34.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1998
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Weapons, term: Men, term: Women, term: Death