Briseis and Achilles
G F Watts
- Art Funded
- 1956
- Dimensions
- 138 x 610 cm
- Presented by
- Lord Lansdowne through The Art Fund
The large fresco depicts a scene from the Iliad, where Achilles watches Briseis being led away from his tent.
Grant was paid towards the cost of cutting the fresco from the wall at Bowood and transporting it to the Gallery.
Provenance
Lord Lansdowne, Bowood House, Wiltshire.