# The Sacrifice of Polyxena [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LE BRUN, Charles]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 178 x 131 cm ## Commentary As recounted by the Roman poet Ovid, the compliant Polyxena is led to her death at the sacrificial altar to appease the ghost of the hero Achilles. Her mother tries to restrain her while the soldier Neoptolemus raises his sword. The infant holding a chest of incense and the austere priest complete this beautifully choreographed composition, which was painted the year following Le Brun's return from Rome. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Aerial view]() - [Alexander and Porus \(detail\)]() - [Alexander and Porus]() - [Alexander and Porus]() - [Alexander Entering Babylon, or The Triumph of Alexander]() - [Alexander Entering Babylon, or The Triumph of Alexander]() - [Allegory: Sculpture Working on the King's Bust]() - [Apotheose of Louis XIV]() - [Capture of the City and Citadel of Gand in Six Days, 1678]() - [Chancellor Séguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris]() - [Crossing the Granicus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()