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Hector

Also known as: Hector; primary name: Hector; other name: Echtur; other name: Hektor
Details: individual; mythological figure/creature; Greek; Roman; Etruscan; Male
Biography: Hector, son of Priam (q.v.), prince of Troy, husband of Andromache (q.v.) and father of Astyanax (q.v.). He was commander of the Trojan armies until killed in battle by Achilles (q.v.).

162 related objects

album; drawing

Museum number: 1900,0526.6 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Maso FiniguerraCircle/School of:Baccio Baldini |
Production date: 1470-1475

amphora

Museum number: 1843,1103.33 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 470BC-460BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Vulci

amphora

Museum number: 1839,0214.71 |
Producer name: BIOG60014 Attributed to:The Paris Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 530BC-520BC |
Production place: Made in:Vulci |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:VulciExcavated/Findspot:Caere

amphora

Museum number: 1899,0721.3 |
Producer name: BIOG60166 Attributed to:The Priam Painter |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 520BC-510BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Vulci

architectural drawing; album

Title: Elgin Drawings |
Museum number: 2012,5004.1.11 |
Producer name: BIOG42573 Drawn by:Michel François Préaulx |
Production date: 1803

bowl

Museum number: 1905,1201.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production place: Made in:Gaul |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Herpes

cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.613 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.152 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.614 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production date: 1780-1795 |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.252 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

collage

Museum number: 1981,1107.7 |
Producer name: BIOG41079 Drawn by:Eduardo Paolozzi |
Production date: 1946

contorniate

Museum number: 1979,0104.11 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 4thC(late)-5thC |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

drawing

Museum number: 1885,1114.90 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Prince HoareFormerly attributed to:William Young Ottley |
Production date: 1770-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1951,1110.9 |
Producer name: BIOG23626 Drawn by:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1787-1844

drawing

Museum number: 2010,5006.1119 |
Production date: 1768 - 1805

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.166 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792-1793

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0606.172 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1799-1857

drawing

Museum number: 2003,0429.9 |
Producer name: BIOG24584 Drawn by:Jacques Louis David |
Production date: 1783

drawing

Museum number: 1951,1110.8 |
Producer name: BIOG23626 Drawn by:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1787-1844

drawing

Museum number: 1990,1109.141 |
Producer name: BIOG28272 Drawn by:Louis Gallait |
Production date: 1833

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0822.7592 |
Producer name: BIOG22391 Drawn by:Élisabeth Sophie Chéron |
Production date: 1711

drawing; album

Museum number: 2013,5015.1.80 |
Producer name: BIOG217579 Drawn by:Bernardino Ciferri |
Production date: 1710-1730 |
Production place: Original from:Villa Borghese

drawing

Museum number: 1865,0610.1329 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1710

drawing

Museum number: 1865,0610.1333 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1710

drawing

Museum number: 2006,0515.3 |
Producer name: BIOG40785 Drawn by:William Young Ottley |
Production date: 1791

finger-ring; cameo

Museum number: 1978,1002.1140 |
Producer name: BIOG76548 After:Luigi Pichler |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Italy

gem

Museum number: 1919,1118.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

gem

Museum number: 1867,0507.417 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

hydria

Museum number: 1837,0609.69 |
Producer name: BIOG59160 Attributed to:The Leagros Group |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 510BC-500BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Etruria (Italy - archaic)

hydria

Museum number: 1861,0425.43 |
Producer name: BIOG59903 Attributed to:The Painter of London B76 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 580BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kamiros

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.420.1-4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael van der GuchtAfter:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1736 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.421.1-5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Elisha KirkallPublished by:Bernard Lintott |
Production date: 1736 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.424.1-3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Elisha KirkallPublished by:Bernard Lintott |
Production date: 1736 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1814,0704.2686 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC BC - 3rdC

intaglio

Museum number: 1923,0401.783 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

intaglio

Museum number: 1814,0704.2681 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC BC - 3rdC

intaglio

Museum number: 1814,0704.2667 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC BC - 3rdC

intaglio

Museum number: 1923,0401.784 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

intaglio

Museum number: 1978,1002.445 |
Producer name: After:Tommaso PiroliAfter:John Flaxman |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Rome (city)Made in:England

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.403 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

intaglio

Museum number: OA.2601 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

lamp; handle; lamp-ornament

Museum number: EA38542 |
Cultures/periods: x14452 Roman Period |
Production date: 1stC(late) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Atrib

lamp; lamp-ornament

Museum number: 1895,1020.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 51-100 |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Egypt

lekythos

Museum number: 1873,0820.300 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 490BC-480BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Capua

mirror

Museum number: 1847,0909.5 |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 400BC-350BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Vulci

mirror

Museum number: 1873,0820.108 |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 300BC-200BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Bolsena

neck-amphora

Museum number: 1837,0609.68 |
Cultures/periods: Archaic GreekAttic |
Production date: 510BC-500BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Etruria (Italy - archaic)

neck-amphora

Museum number: 1842,0314.2 |
Cultures/periods: Archaic GreekAttic |
Production date: 520BC-500BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Vulci

neck-amphora

Museum number: AshmLoan.97 |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 575BC-550BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

neck-amphora

Museum number: AshmLoan.96 |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 575BC-550BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

plaque

Museum number: 1909,1201.206 |
Producer name: Designed by:Camillo PacettiFactory of:Wedgwood |
Production date: 18thC(late) |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

plate

Museum number: 1860,0404.1 |
Cultures/periods: East DorianArchaic Greek |
Production date: 600BC |
Production place: Made in:Kos |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kamiros

print; ornament print

Title: Hector Troianus The Nine Worthies |
Museum number: 1930,1013.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas de BruynPublished by:Ahasuerus van Londerseel |
Production date: 1594 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.1475 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Helwing |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.6336 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous

print

Title: Quando nel sonno a me, quasi presente... Aeneid |
Museum number: 1949,1008.209 |
Producer name: BIOG42071 Print made by:Bartolommeo Pinelli |
Production date: 1811

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3938 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HollowayAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1794

print

Title: Die drei guoten Haiden |
Museum number: 1845,0809.1338 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel HopferAfter:Hans Burgkmair the Elder |
Production date: 1516-1536

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1429 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1710-1711

print

Title: Priamus bittet Achilles um Hectors Leichnam |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1300 |
Producer name: Print made by:H MaÿerAfter:Peter Cornelius |
Production date: 1840-1850

print

Museum number: 1853,0709.59 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1518-1530

print; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,55.10 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1899,0420.194 |
Producer name: BIOG26893 Print made by:Henri Fantin-Latour |
Production date: 1888

print

Title: Quadri scelti di Brescia |
Museum number: 1862,1213.509 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alessandro SalaAfter:Lattanzio Gambara |
Production date: 1827

print

Title: La Prise de Troie |
Museum number: 1917,0213.2 |
Producer name: BIOG26893 Print made by:Henri Fantin-Latour |
Production date: 1880

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1433 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1710-1711

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1443 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1710-1711

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,0223.767 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1715-1720

print

Museum number: 1874,0711.1792-1795 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1572

print

Museum number: S,6.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1786

print

Title: Ettore |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4721 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lodovico ProssedaAfter:Tommaso Minardi |
Production date: 1823

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.256 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1518-1530

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1436 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1710-1711

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0214.190 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1710-1711

print

Title: L'adieu d'Hector et d'Andromaque |
Museum number: X,7.24 |
Producer name: After:Antoine CoypelPrint made by:Nicolas Tardieu |
Production date: 1700-1749 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Hector's Abschied Die Kaiserliche königliche Bildergalerie im Belved |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1471 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jozsef KovatschAfter:Andries Cornelis Lens |
Production date: 1821-1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,1105.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre LombartAfter:Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
Production date: 1658-1660

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,0511.988 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre LombartAfter:Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
Production date: 1658-1660

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0613.2410 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus SchynvoetPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1729 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print; title-page

Museum number: 1900,1019.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans WeiditzPrinted by:Wolfgang Köpfel |
Production date: 1525 |
Production place: Printed in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0613.2414 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus SchynvoetPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1729 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print; book-illustration

Title: Troilus and Cressida |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4467 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.1357 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Pars |
Production date: 1764-1775

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1864,1210.80 |
Producer name: After:Richard CookPrint made by:James Mitan |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Achilles Ultor History of Achilles |
Museum number: 1867,1214.1585 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Bernard Baron |
Production date: 1724 1767-1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Andromache Weeping over the Ashes of Hector |
Museum number: 1879,0614.829 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BurkeAfter:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Life and Death of Achilles |
Museum number: 1931,1202.1.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Alexander JanssensAfter:Victor Honoré Janssens |
Production date: 1700 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The parting of Hector and Andromache |
Museum number: 1875,0710.169 |
Producer name: Print made by:James WatsonAfter:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Alarm of Nestor at the lightning which precedes Hector |
Museum number: S,3.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MosesAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,0223.750 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1715-1720

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,0223.756 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1715-1720

print; ornament print

Title: Hector Troianus The Nine Worthies |
Museum number: 1868,0822.2231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas de BruynPublished by:Ahasuerus van Londerseel |
Production date: 1594 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.789 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist FGFormerly attributed to:Giorgio Ghisi |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Title: Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum |
Museum number: 1886,1124.330.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Santi BartoliPublished by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1693 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Priamus redimit mactatum Hectora donis |
Museum number: 1886,1124.258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico CunegoAfter:Gavin Hamilton |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Andromache occisum Hectora luget |
Museum number: 1886,1124.259 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico CunegoAfter:Gavin Hamilton |
Production date: 1764 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 2015,5009.222 |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: Hector |
Museum number: 1872,0413.73 |
Producer name: BIOG20005 Print made by:Pieter Bodart |
Production date: 1707

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0413.740 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert Hartley CromekAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1803

print

Museum number: W,3.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist FGFormerly attributed to:Giorgio Ghisi |
Production date: 1540-1550