෴❤️෴ ෴❤️෴Automedon with the Horses of Achilles ~ Henri Regnault(1843-1871) ~ Orientalist painter and
෴❤️෴ ෴❤️෴Automedon with the Horses of Achilles ~ Henri Regnault(1843-1871) ~ Orientalist painter and watercolorist1868, Oil on canvasMuseum of Fine Arts ~ Boston ~ United StatesIn this work the artist shows Automedon, thechariot-driver of Achilles. On the day that Patroclus was slain by Hector,Automedon drove the horses Balios and Xanthos to the rear of the army of theAchaeans so that he could console them. This image depicts Automedon bringingthe wildly distraught horses from the battle. -- source link
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