The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1789, Oil on canvas, 26 7/8 × 18 in. (68.3 × 45.7 cm), Paintings, Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna), This oil sketch for a ceiling in a room of Palazzo Gnudi Scagliarini in Bologna takes its subject from the great Greek playwright Euripides (ca. 480–406 BC). Agamemnon's daughter is about to be sacrificed to appease the goddess Diana, who at the climactic moment appears and substitutes a deer on the altar
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Sacrifice, Iphigenia, 1789, Oil, canvas, 26 7/8, 18, 68.3, 45.7 cm, Paintings, Gaetano Gandolfi, Italian, San Matteo della Decima, 1734–1802, Bologna, oil, sketch, ceiling, room, Palazzo Gnudi, Scagliarini, Bologna takes, subject, great Greek, playwright, Euripides, ca, 480–406 BC, Agamemnon, daughter, sacrificed, appease, goddess Diana, climactic moment, substitutes, deer, altar
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