Dido, Queen of Carthage

Shield of Achilles by Philip Rundell, originally modeled and cast in plaster by John Flaxman

English, 1821-1822

Silver-gilt convex shield

Three studies of a battle scene for the Shield of Achilles by John Flaxman, after a description in Homer's Iliad

English, 1818

pen and grey ink and graphite

Study of vintagers for the Shield of Achilles by John Flaxman, after a description in Homer's Iliad

English, 1818

pen and grey ink over graphite

Study of a marriage procession for the Shield of Achilles by John Flaxman, after a description in Homer's Iliad

English, 1818

pen and grey ink with brown wash

Priam Supplicating Achilles for the Body of Hector by Giuseppe Girometti

Italian, c. 1815-1825

onyx and gold

Achilles and the Shade of Patroclus by John Flaxman 

British, 1793

pen and black ink over graphite

Plaque depicting Priam Kneeling Before Achilles, Begging for the Body of His Son Hector, modeled by Camillo Pacetti and manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood)

England, c. 1790 

jasperware

Vase depicting Achilles in Skyros among the daughters of Lycomedes

English (made at Wedgwood Manufactory), c. 1790

jasperware 

Wedgwood “krater” vase. English, c. 1790. Stoneware (basalt ware) with encaustic decoration. Philadelphia Museum of Art.

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art:

Alexander Visiting the Tomb of Achilles by Simon François Ravenet, after the painting by Filippo Lauri 

French, 1769

engraving

Thetis Takes Achilles from the Centaur Chiron by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (and detail). Italian, 1768-1770. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. 

From the Hermitage:

Scenes of the centaur Chiron instructing Achilles, from a series of twelve prints by Gaetano Gherardo Zompini after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione 

Italian, 1758

etching

Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx by Donato Creti

Italian, 1671–1749

pen and brown ink

Theseus Finding His Father’s Arms by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto

Italian, 1645 (published 1648)

etching

Circe Changing the Companions of Ulysses into Beasts by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Grechetto

Italian, 1650-1651

etching

The Chariot of Apollo by Peter Paul Rubens, interpretation of a ceiling fresco designed by Francesco Primaticcio for a room in the Galerie d’Ulysse at the royal château of Fontainebleau, now destroyed

Flemish, perhaps 1620s

oil on panel, marouflaged

Two episodes from the Odyssey, possibly by Peter Paul Rubens after Francesco Primaticcio

Flemish, 17th century

oil on paper