Iphigenia told of the death of her father Agamemnon. Her brother Orestes in diadem at left asks why she is sad. A female servant Flabellifera fans Iphigenia. Pylades, cousin of Orestes, stands at right. Scene from Euripedes Iphigenia in Tauris. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.
Iphigenia told of the death of her father Agamemnon. Her brother Orestes in diadem at left asks why she is sad. A female servant Flabellifera fans Iphigenia. Pylades, cousin of Orestes, stands at right. Scene from Euripedes Iphigenia in Tauris. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.