Andromache and Astyanax. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

a study of Andromache and Astyanax , Prud'hon

"A study for a painting, Hector, about to depart for his combat with Ajax, and having bidden farewell to Andromache, his wife, desires to embrace his son. But the child, frightened at the emotion of which he is witness, takes refuge in his mother's arms"