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Jun 21 2010

Ajax and Cassandra, Solomon Joseph Solomon, 1886

Academician / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

Ajax and Cassandra, Solomon Joseph Solomon, 1886

A reproduction of Solomon Joseph Solomon’s masterpiece “Ajax and Cassandra” of 1886.  This is rendition of the Greek tale, set in the destruction of Troy, of Ajax taking captive the Princess Cassandra, priestess of Apollo and daughter of Priam.  Solomon Joseph Solomon was a British painter of the Pre-Raphaelte movement and was a student and followere of Alexandre Cabanel.  He died in 1927 at the age of sixty-seven yerars.  The original painting is in the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery in Victoria, Australia.

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