The Sacrifice of Polyxena

1647

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 70 × 51 3/4 in. (177.8 × 131.4 cm)
Collection no.: 2013.183
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Charles Le Brun. The Sacrifice of Polyxena. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Sacrifice of Polyxena — Charles Le Brun. 1647.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 70 × 51 3/4 in. (177.8 × 131.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, 2012 Benefit Fund, and Bequest of Grace Wilkes and Fletcher Fund, by exchange, 2013.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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