Minneapolis Institute of Art
Abduction of Polyxena
Pio FediLinkedCulture matchlcp-dfddf52bdead
- Date
- c. 1855
- Medium
- Plaster, polychromed
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 2035
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
This four-figure plaster model shows the young warrior Pyrrhus abducting Polyxena, the daughter of King Priam of Troy and Queen Hecuba. Pyrrhus was the son of Achilles, and he killed Polyxena to avenge his late father, who was murdered by Priam’s son. At their feet, Hecuba reaches for her daughter in anguish. Ultimately, she was unable to save either Polyxena or her son Polites, who lies dead at the feet of his mother and sister. Pio Fedi first explored this subject through plaster models like this one. By 1865, he had completed the colossal marble sculpture for the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, and the public flocked to his studio to see it displayed alongside its plaster and terra-cotta models. Italy, Europe
The authoritative record is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Get printable QR codesHide QR codes
Open QR codes for this object page and the museum record. They stay collapsed until needed.
Provenance & credit
As published by the source institution. Coverage varies — not every institution's open-data feed includes ownership history.
- Credit line
- The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Minneapolis Institute of Art and other institutions.
Polyxena Being Executed by Neoptolemus
Getty Museum
#ad7085be-3844-4f5b-b98f-dac7cac6a21b
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
Cleveland Museum of Art
#446714
Polyxena Is Sacrificed by the Greeks on the Grave of Achilles
Harvard Art Museums
#92902
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
Art Institute of Chicago
#11022
The Abduction of Proserpine
Getty Museum
#97500915-3950-4841-afe5-cc39b87cc7b5
Pluto Abducting Proserpine
Getty Museum
#c619f35e-dd4e-406a-9130-00eaad7369aa
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
Minneapolis Institute of Art
#140125
The Sacrifice of Polyxena, after Pietro da Cortona
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
#817509
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
#336780
The Head of King Priam in Profile
Getty Museum
#8dfd38d0-8b65-4fc6-a600-363c0303526f
Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector
Cleveland Museum of Art
#150543
The Abduction of Europa
Art Institute of Chicago
#111645