The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, ca. 1640–42, Etching with drypoint, Plate: 14 11/16 x 18 1/8 in. (37.3 x 46 cm), Portfolios, Pietro Testa (Italian, Lucca 1612–1650 Rome), The Mycenaean king Agamemnon was chosen, together with his brother Menelaus—Helen's aggrieved husband—to lead the Greeks in the war against Troy, but unfavorable winds prevented the ships from setting sail
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Sacrifice, Iphigenia, ca, 1640–42, Etching, drypoint, Plate, 14 11/16 x 18 1/8, 37.3 46 cm, Portfolios, Pietro Testa, Italian, Lucca, 1612–1650, Rome, Mycenaean, king, Agamemnon, chosen, together, brother Menelaus—Helen, aggrieved husband—, lead, Greeks, war, Troy, unfavorable winds, prevented, ships, setting sail
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