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Description: | 299 x 440 cm (checked July 2005) CRE HAMILTON, Gavin; (Scottish; 1723-1798) Purchased with support from the NFA, NACF, the Pilgrim Trust, and the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
This scene from Homer's Iliad shows Hector, the commander of the Trojan army and son of the King of Troy saying farewell to his wife and son on the eve of the battle that would cost him his life.
The work was the last in an ambitious cycle of six paintings by Hamilton illustrating the Iliad, a popular subject among artists from the 1760s onwards. Today, only three of the cycle survive. Purchased by the Duke of Hamilton from the artist in Rome c.1776, the picture remained with the family until its acquisition by the Hunterian.
Hamilton, one of the most celebrated artists to have studied at the University of Glasgow, spent the majority of his career in Rome. He was also a leading antiquarian and picture dealer, responsible for the discovery of the Warwick Vase (Burrell collection, Glasgow). The picture is a key example of Hamilton's role as one of the founders of the European Neoclassicism movement. It shows a predilection for themes taken from Greek history that would promote the heroic values believed to be behind the success of Greek civilisation; an admiration for the art of classical antiquity; and a desire to be as historically accurate as possible when describing the costumes and buildings of Ancient Greece. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HISTORY : MYTHOLOGY : NEOCLASSICISM : ARCHITECTURE : POPE : ILIAD : HOMER : HAMILTON : HECTOR : ANDROMACHE : FAMILY : SOLDIER : DEPARTURE : SORROW : TRAGEDY : INFANT : ANTIQUITY : DORIC : TEMPLE : NACF : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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