02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys’ Cassandra, with Footnotes #148

Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (British, 1829-1904)
Cassandra

Pencil, watercolour and coloured chalks on light blue paper
14 1/8 x 21 in. (35.8 x 53.3 cm.)
Private collection

The most beautiful daughter of King Priam of Troy, Cassandra caught the notice of Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophesy. However, when the god came to her at night, she rejected him and he ordered that her prophesies should not be believed…

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