Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Domenico Cunego, 1726–1803, Italian

after Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798, British, active in Italy (1744–48 and 1756 on)
Title:
Andromache Bewailing the Death of Hector
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 15 7/8 x 24 1/8in. (40.3 x 61.3cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of David Bindman
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1980.21
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject | chain | death | mourning | pillows | curtain | helmets | swords | spears (weapons) | vase
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29)

The Anglo-American Artist in Italy 1750-1820 (University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, 1982-04-07 - 1982-05-09)

Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
Brendan Cassidy, The life & letters of Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798), artist & art dealer in eighteenth-century Rome , Harvey Miller Publishers, London, 2011, v.1, p. 68; v.2, p. 270, , pl. 2, NJ18.H172344 A12 2011 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:20230