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.
Date:
1700-1799
Reference:
42979i
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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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