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Dec 16 2010

Achilles gives Nestor the Prize for Wisdom by Joseph Desire Court, 1821

French / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

Achilles gives Nestor the Prize for Wisdom by Joseph Desire Court, 1821

A reproduction of the classic painting by the French Neo-classical great, Joseph Desire Court who was born in 1797  Rouen.  He painted the work when he was twenty-four when he won the Prix de Rome.  He died in 1865 Paris.  The story of the prize for wisdom is found in the Odyssey of Homer when Achilles gives the prize to the elder advisor to the Achaeans at the funeral games of Achilles’ lover Patroclus.  Agamemnon looks on as the prize is given.  The painting is at the Mesee des Beaux Arts in Rouen, France.

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