The Death Of Priam (Lefebvre)

The Death Of Priam (Lefebvre)
''The Death of Priam'' is an 1861 oil on canvas by Jules Lefebvre. He entered it for the Prix de Rome, which it won.ENSBA entry
It depicts

Neoptolemus

' murder of

Priam

as described in

Virgil

's ''

Aeneid

'' (Book II, lines 506–558) and is now in the collections of the

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Lefebvre La Mort De Priam
Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common variant Lefèvre (''le Fèvre'', ''Le Fèvre''; anglicized ''Lefevre'', ''le Fevre'', ''Le Fevre'', ''LeFevre'', ''LeFever''). Dialectal variants include Lefevere (Belgium), Lefebre, Lefeuvre (western France), and Lefébure (northern France and Normandy). The name derives from ''faber'', the Latin word for "craftsman", "worker"; used in Late Latin in Gaul to mean smith. In the Occitan and Arpitan extension area, the variation is ''Fabre'', ''Favre'', ''Faure'', ''Favret'', ''Favrette'' or ''Dufaure'' and in Corsica ''Fabri'' (cf. Italian ''Fabbri'', ''Fabri''). In Celtic-speaking Brittany, the corresponding name is ''Le Goff(ic)'', with the article ''le'' to translate Breton ''ar''. Many northern French surnames (especially in Normandy) are ...
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