The Death of Patroclus | Jacques-Louis David | 18th Century 19th Century a pale apparition drags a

a pale apparition drags a living figure across shallow water

This dramatic painting illustrates the climactic scene from Washington Irving’s "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

With its meticulous realism

and spiritual calm

This fine art print is of impressive size and detail

The Death of Patroclus | Jacques-Louis David | 18th Century 19th Century a pale apparition drags aAn exceptional 18th century French Neoclassical oil on panel depicting The Death of Patroclus by the School of Jacques Louis David (17481825). This finely executed composition portrays the fallen Patroclus being borne from the battlefield under the protection of Menelaus and Ajax, moments after being slain and stripped of his armour by Hector. The scene, drawn from Homers Iliad, captures a pivotal turning point in the Trojan Warthe event that compels