Dimensions: support: 615 x 760 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: Colin Morison painted "Andromache Offering Sacrifice to Hector's Shade," and it now resides in the Tate Collections. Editor: It's incredibly somber. The subdued palette amplifies a heavy sense of mourning. You can practically feel the grief radiating from Andromache. Curator: Precisely. Note the strategic arrangement of figures. Morison positions Andromache centrally, drawing our eye to her act of sacrifice as the focal point for interpreting themes of loss and duty. Editor: But isn't there a glimmer of hope there too? The child is still alive, and the women around Andromache are there to support her. Curator: Possibly, but the overwhelming impression is of solemnity. The cool tones and classical architecture add to a feeling of profound historical weight. Editor: Agreed. It’s a painting that certainly stays with you, long after you’ve walked away.
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Andromache is the heroine of the classical story-cycle the Iliad. She is on the right here, surrounded by attendants. In her hand is a dish from which she is pouring libations over the monument to her dead husband, Hector, and calling on his spirit. Hector was the bravest of the Trojan warriors.She is shocked to see a man in the red robes and plumed helmet of a Trojan warrior, on the left here. And she asks if he is Hector’s ghost. This is the soldier Aeneas, in exile after the fall of Troy and looking for a new home. Gallery label, May 2007
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