Ajax defends the body of Patroclus
Category
Stone
Date
1795 - 1829
Materials
Terracotta, lime render and mortar, cement
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 853267.10
Summary
Lower frieze panel showing scene from Homer's Iliad, modelled on Flaxman's illustrations. Ajax defends the body of Patroclus.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund