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Patroclus

Also known as: Patroclus; primary name: Patroclus; other name: Patrocles; other name: Patroclos; other name: Patroklos; other name: Patroklus
Details: individual; mythological figure/creature; Greek; Roman; Male
Biography: Greek warrior and friend of Achilles (q.v.); killed by Hector (q.v.).

74 related objects

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: 2012,5004.1.23 |
Producer name: BIOG42573 Drawn by:Michel François Préaulx |
Production date: 1803

cast; intaglio; finger-ring

Museum number: 1799,0521.83.a |
Producer name: BIOG74392 Engraved by:Nathaniel Marchant |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Rome (city)

cinerary urn

Museum number: 1851,0416.10 |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 300BC-100BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chiusi

cista; toilet-vessel

Title: Revil Cista |
Museum number: 1859,0816.1 |
Cultures/periods: Etrusco-LatinHellenistic Period (Etruscan) |
Production date: 325BC-250BC |
Production place: Made in:Palestrina |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Palestrina

drawing

Museum number: 1951,1110.7 |
Producer name: BIOG23626 Drawn by:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1787-1844

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0612.2325 |
Producer name: BIOG42071 Drawn by:Bartolommeo Pinelli |
Production date: 1827

finger-ring; scarab

Museum number: 1814,0704.1300 |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 500BC-450BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

gem

Museum number: 1865,0712.189 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.422.1-4 |
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.423.1-6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Elisha KirkallPublished by:Bernard Lintott |
Production date: 1736 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1814,0704.2653 |
Cultures/periods: Roman RepublicanEtruscan |
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC

intaglio

Museum number: 1923,0401.785 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

intaglio

Museum number: 1923,0401.786 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

intaglio

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

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.386 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

intaglio; finger-ring

Museum number: 1913,0307.88 |
Production date: 18thC

kantharos

Museum number: 1888,0601.444 |
Producer name: BIOG58999 Attributed to:The KX Painter |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 580BC-575BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis)

lekythos

Museum number: 1863,0728.248 |
Producer name: BIOG58443 Attributed to:The Gela Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 500BC-480BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gela (Sicily)

medallion; electrotype

Museum number: OA.5024 |
Producer name: BIOG66282 After:Brown |
Production date: 1780

pelike

Museum number: 1864,1007.126 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 470BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Fikellura grave 254

pendant; cameo

Museum number: 1978,1002.633 |
Producer name: Made by:Niccolo AmastiniAfter:Bernabé |
Production date: 19thC(early) 1809-1819 |
Production place: Made in:ItalyMade in:France

plaque

Museum number: 1909,1201.192 |
Producer name: Modelled by:J PacettiFactory of:Wedgwood |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

plaquette

Museum number: 1915,1216.269 |
Producer name: BIOG74845 Attributed to:Melioli |
Production date: 15thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Mantua (town)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0613.2324 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus SchynvoetPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1729 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Title: Achille médiant la Venegance de Patrocle |
Museum number: 1917,1208.251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Vincenz Georg KiningerAfter:Heinrich Füger |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Title: Die Kampf um den Leichnam des Patroclus |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1302 |
Producer name: BIOG23668 After:Peter Cornelius |
Production date: 1840-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.1045 |
Producer name: After:Clément Pierre MarillierPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Patas |
Production date: 1786

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,0223.752 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1715-1720

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,0223.753 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1715-1720

print

Museum number: 1993,0509.1.64 |
Producer name: BIOG48587 Print made by:Wilhelm Tischbein |
Production date: 1790-1800

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the black eyeAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1540-1545

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,1105.36 |
Producer name: BIOG22261 Print made by:Cornelis van Caukercken |
Production date: 1660

print

Title: History of Achilles |
Museum number: R,4.116 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Franz Ertinger |
Production date: 1679

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0613.2386 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus SchynvoetPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1729 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print; satirical print

Title: Achilles defending his friend Patroclus Political Sketches |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12092 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Printed by:General Lithographic Establishment |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Achilles Grasping at the Shade of Patroclus |
Museum number: 1853,1210.555 |
Producer name: After:Henry FuseliPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1860,1110.9 |
Producer name: After:Angelica KauffmanPrint made by:William Wynne Ryland |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Life and Death of Achilles |
Museum number: 1931,1202.1.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Alexander JanssensAfter:Victor Honoré Janssens |
Production date: 1700 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Thetis bringing the armour to Achilles The Art of Design of the English School, in a Seri |
Museum number: 1893,0803.84.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry CorbouldAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Thetis bringing the armour to Achilles The Art of Design of the English School, in a Seri |
Museum number: 1838,0425.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry CorbouldAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae |
Museum number: 1947,0319.26.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:Marcello Clodio |
Production date: 1542 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,1105.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre LombartAfter:Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
Production date: 1658-1660

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1437 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1710-1711

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1438 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1710-1711

print

Museum number: 2002,0127.17 |
Producer name: BIOG45896 Print made by:Johan Tobias Sergel |
Production date: 1776

print; book-illustration

Title: Briseis Throws Herself Upon the Body of Patroclus |
Museum number: 1853,1210.558 |
Producer name: After:Henry FuseliPrint made by:Francis Engleheart |
Production date: 1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.979 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emmanuel de GhendtAfter:Clément Pierre Marillier |
Production date: 1786

print

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

print

Museum number: 1873,0510.233 |
Producer name: Print made by:Diana ScultoriAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1547-1512

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,1105.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre LombartAfter:Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
Production date: 1658-1660

print

Title: The Grecian ambassadors in the tent of Achilles |
Museum number: 2006,U.598 |
Producer name: After:Jean Auguste Dominique IngresPrint made by:Robert Sands |
Production date: 1807-1855

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,0223.749 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1715-1720

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1540-1545

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0613.2323 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus SchynvoetPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1729 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Title: The Life and Death of Achilles |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1320 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Alexander JanssensAfter:Victor Honoré Janssens |
Production date: 1700 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Thetis bearing the armour to Achilles |
Museum number: 1873,1213.707 |
Producer name: After:Benjamin WestPrint made by:William Bond |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Thetis bringing the armour to Achilles |
Museum number: S,3.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MosesAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0613.2305 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus SchynvoetPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1729 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Title: Achilles Pacatus History of Achilles |
Museum number: 1867,1214.1584 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Bernard Baron |
Production date: 1724 1767-1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Achilles in his Tent with Patroclus is Visited by a Delegation from the Greek Leaders |
Museum number: 1853,1210.550 |
Producer name: After:Henry FuseliPrint made by:Edward Smith |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Thetis bearing the armour to Achilles |
Museum number: 1859,0212.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BondAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae |
Museum number: 1920,0420.44 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1542-1560 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Achilles necem Patrocli mæret amici |
Museum number: 1886,1124.256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico CunegoAfter:Gavin Hamilton |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print study; drawing

Museum number: 1888,0503.10 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792-1793

print study; drawing

Museum number: 1888,0503.19 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792-1793

print study; drawing

Museum number: 1888,0503.9 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792-1793

print study; drawing

Museum number: 1888,0503.15 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792-1793

print study; drawing

Museum number: 1888,0503.8 |
Producer name: BIOG27366 Drawn by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1792-1793

relief

Museum number: 1856,1226.1757 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 30 BC - AD 80

sealstone

Museum number: 1923,0401.97 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 3rdC BC-1stC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

sealstone

Museum number: 1923,0401.96 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 3rdC BC-1stC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

sheath

Museum number: 1772,0303.12 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 4thC

tiara

Museum number: 1986,1021.1 |
Producer name: BIOG77740 Made by:Israel Rouchomovsky |
Production date: 1903-1909 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)