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Iphigeneia

Also known as: Iphigeneia; primary name: Iphigeneia; other name: Iphigenia
Details: individual; mythological figure/creature; Greek; Roman; Female
Biography: Daughter of Agamemnon (q.v.) and Clytemnestra (q.v.); told she would be engaged to Achilles (q.v.), she was lured to Aulis, where she was to be sacrificed by her father in order to propitiate Artemis/Diana (q.v.), who was detaining the Greek fleet. According to some traditions, the goddess took pity of the young woman and replaced her with a deer.

83 related objects

drawing; album

Museum number: 2013,5015.1.68 |
Producer name: BIOG217579 Drawn by:Bernardino Ciferri |
Production date: 1710-1730 |
Production place: Original from:Villa Borghese

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2011,7059.58 |
Producer name: BIOG205406 Drawn by:Pierre Jean Baptiste Choquet |
Production date: 1815

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.114 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1655

drawing

Museum number: Oo,5.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1734

kantharos

Museum number: 1960,0201.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 25BC-25 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Turkey

medal

Museum number: M.0299 |
Producer name: Designed by:Medals after the antiqueModelled by:Medals after the antique |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: M.92 |
Producer name: Designed by:Valerio BelliModelled by:Valerio Belli |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Vicenza (city)

pendulum watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1958,1201.547 |
Producer name: Made by:Willem PrinsCase made by:IPA |
Production date: 1725 |
Production place: Made in:Rotterdam

plaque

Museum number: 1909,1201.214 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production date: 18thC(late) |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

plaque

Museum number: 1885,0508.44 |
Producer name: BIOG208508 Decorated by:Cros, Pascual |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Made in:Alcora

plaquette

Museum number: 1915,1216.102 |
Producer name: BIOG82492 Made by:Giovanni delle Corniole |
Production place: Made in:Italy

plaquette

Museum number: ML.4111 |
Producer name: BIOG82492 Made by:Giovanni delle Corniole |
Production date: 1500 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

print

Museum number: Y,5.89 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18thC

print

Museum number: 1861,0810.128 |
Producer name: BIOG16948 Print made by:Agostino Veneziano |
Production date: 1510-1530

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,1009.314 |
Producer name: After:Charles Nicolas Cochin filsPrint made by:Noël Le Mire |
Production date: 1754

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.628 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1929,1112.2.27 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard de LairessePublished by:Nicolaes Visscher II |
Production date: 1667

print; book-illustration

Title: Pylades and Orestes |
Museum number: 1861,1214.16 |
Producer name: After:Benjamin WestPrint made by:John Kennerley |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Bell's British Theatre |
Museum number: 1849,0721.1035-1039 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:William Wilson |
Production date: 1792-1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece; book

Title: An Authentic Detail of Particulars relative to the late Duchess of Kingston |
Museum number: 1857,1212.45 |
Producer name: Published by:George Kearsley the elderPrint made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0614.544 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1635-1640

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.743 |
Producer name: Print made by:Remy VuibertAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1615-1655

print

Museum number: 1937,0915.422 |
Producer name: BIOG37676 Print made by:Jacob Matham |
Production date: 1599-1603

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.630 |
Producer name: Print made by:JubinAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816

print; book-illustration

Title: Bell's British Theatre |
Museum number: 1853,1210.73 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:William Wilson |
Production date: 1795

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.629 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1993,0509.1.23 |
Producer name: BIOG48587 Print made by:Wilhelm Tischbein |
Production date: 1790-1800

print

Museum number: U,4.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Remy VuibertAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1615-1655

print

Museum number: 1951,0407.80 |
Producer name: BIOG18829 Print made by:Nicolas Beatrizet |
Production date: 1553-1555

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1328 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girolamo FrezzaIntermediary draughtsman:Pietro Ferloni |
Production date: 1700-1741 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Romae in hortis Medicæis. vas marmoreum eximium Views of Rome and surrounding area |
Museum number: X,5.38 |
Producer name: BIOG19073 Print made by:Stefano della Bella |
Production date: 1656

print

Title: Romae in hortis Medicæis. vas marmoreum eximium Views of Rome and surrounding area |
Museum number: 1873,0510.3554 |
Producer name: BIOG19073 Print made by:Stefano della Bella |
Production date: 1656

print

Title: Cymon and Iphigenia |
Museum number: 1897,1117.34 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Francis Haward |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; album

Title: Ovid's Metamorphoses |
Museum number: 2AA+,a.31.111 |
Producer name: BIOG18757 Print made by:Johann Wilhelm Baur |
Production date: 1641

print

Title: Cymon and Iphigenia |
Museum number: Aa,12.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis HawardAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1797

print

Title: Iphigenia |
Museum number: 1875,1009.364 |
Producer name: After:Carle Van LooPrint made by:Eberhard Siegfried Henne |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Cymon and Iphigenia |
Museum number: 1862,1213.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis HawardAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.1454 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:Pietro Testa |
Production date: 1731

print

Museum number: 1887,0406.10 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:William Overend Geller |
Production date: 1830s-1840s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; game-board; playing-card

Museum number: 1893,0331.88.1-15 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC(early) |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Le sacrifice d'Iphigénie (fresque de la villa Valmarana) |
Museum number: 1880,0214.172 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon GaucherelAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1879 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum |
Museum number: 1886,1124.330.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Santi BartoliPublished by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1693 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.661 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girolamo FrezzaIntermediary draughtsman:Pietro Ferloni |
Production date: 1700-1741 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3936 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Marie DelattreAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.1514-1517 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Robert Hartley Cromek |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Cymon and Iphigenia |
Museum number: 1833,0513.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis HawardAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1797

print

Title: Entführung der Helena | Opfer der Iphigenia |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1301 |
Producer name: After:Peter CorneliusAfter:Joseph Schlotthauer |
Production date: 1840-1850

print

Museum number: V,9.27 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girard AudranAfter:Giovanni Francesco Romanelli |
Production date: 1660-1700 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.42 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Joseph Fischer |
Production date: 1801-1805

print

Title: Iphigenia |
Museum number: G,4.85 |
Producer name: BIOG18591 Print made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1781

print

Museum number: 1853,1210.130 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1782

print

Title: Ifigenia in Tauride |
Museum number: 1949,1008.115 |
Producer name: BIOG24580 Print made by:Giovanni David |
Production date: 1776

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.902 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1857,0613.482 |
Producer name: BIOG37676 Print made by:Jacob Matham |
Production date: 1599-1603

print

Museum number: 2005,0429.29 |
Producer name: BIOG27497 Print made by:Francesco Fontebasso |
Production date: 1730-1750

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.44 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jean Massard |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; satirical print

Title: Miss Ch-ly |
Museum number: 1853,0112.2043 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1749

print

Museum number: Ii,5.136 |
Producer name: Print made by:Remy VuibertAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1615-1655

print

Museum number: 1855,0310.106 |
Producer name: After:Peter CorneliusPublished by:J Veith |
Production date: 1840-1850 |
Production place: Published in:Karlsruhe (town)

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1327 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girolamo FrezzaAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1713

print

Museum number: V,10.142 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro TestaPublished by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1635-1645

print

Museum number: F,3.173 |
Producer name: BIOG27021 Print made by:Pieter Feddes van Harlingen |
Production date: 1613

print

Museum number: R,8.11 |
Producer name: BIOG19565 Print made by:Pierre Biard the younger |
Production date: 1607-1661

print

Museum number: H,2.8 |
Producer name: BIOG16948 Print made by:Agostino Veneziano |
Production date: 1510-1530

print

Title: Antiquities of Herculaneum |
Museum number: 1870,1210.173 |
Producer name: BIOG18326 Print made by:Alexander Bannerman |
Production date: 1730-1782

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.40 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Abraham Girardet |
Production date: 1801-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.901 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynAfter:Baron François Gérard |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Iphigenia Agamemnoni immolanda, A Diana (cervus ei Metamorphoseon sive transformationum |
Museum number: X,3.305 |
Producer name: BIOG48158 Print made by:Antonio Tempesta |
Production date: 1606

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.7510 |
Producer name: BIOG27021 Print made by:Pieter Feddes van Harlingen |
Production date: 1613

print

Title: M.lle Champmelée dans Iphigénie en Aulide |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2805 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hippolyte LecomtePrinted by:Delpech |
Production date: 1820-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0426.41 |
Producer name: After:Baron François GérardPrint made by:Jean Mathieu |
Production date: 1801-1805

print

Museum number: 1853,1112.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas BeatrizetPublished by:Michele Tramezzino |
Production date: 1553 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum |
Museum number: 1886,1124.330.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Santi BartoliPublished by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1693 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; album; ornament print

Title: Cheminées de nouvelle invention |
Museum number: 1937,0915.445.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Pierretz le jeunePublished by:Antoine Pierretz le jeune |
Production date: 1666 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.870 |
Producer name: Print made by:Noël Le MireAfter:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1754

print

Title: Pylades and Orestes |
Museum number: T,8.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MosesAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; fan

Museum number: 1892,1119.25 |
Producer name: BIOG47027 Print made by:S Springsguth |
Production date: 19thC(early)

pyxis

Museum number: 1873,0111.7 |
Producer name: BIOG58062 Attributed to a Follower of:Douris |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 500BC-470BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Athens

relief; forgery

Museum number: 1856,1226.1761

scarab

Museum number: 1865,0712.96 |
Cultures/periods: x14453 Roman Republican |
Production date: 3rdC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

vase; cast

Museum number: 1960,0518.1 |
Production place: Original from:Bulcek

volute krater

Museum number: 1865,0103.21 |
Producer name: BIOG58880 Close to:The Iliupersis Painter |
Cultures/periods: x109520 Apulian (Greek) |
Production date: 370BC-350BC |
Production place: Made in:Apulia (region - archaic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Basilicata

watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1888,1201.249 |
Producer name: Movement made by:Jan BerninckEngraved by:Henry Manly |
Production date: 1745-1755 1660 |
Production place: Movement made in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)Case made in:Geneva (city)

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