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Gaetano Gandolfi

The Royal Family of Troy Mourning the Death of Hector

1734–1802
Black chalk
20.7 × 28.9 cm (8.1 × 11.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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