An episode in the play Olimpie by Voltaire: Olympia throws herself on the fire out of her love for Cassander, the murderer of her father Alexander the Great. Etching by Walker after H. Gravelot.

  • Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.
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1700-1799
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42979i
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An episode in the play Olimpie by Voltaire: Olympia throws herself on the fire out of her love for Cassander, the murderer of her father Alexander the Great. Etching by Walker after H. Gravelot. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1700-1799

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1 print : letching, with line engraving ; image 12 x 7.5 cm

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The fatal sacrifice. Gravelot del. Walker sculp.

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[Staate with lettering "The fatal sacrifice" and not "Olimpea last scene"].

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Wellcome Collection 42979i

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