Ajax lower left holding a shield aloft, at the right stands Agamemnon surrounded by his soldiers 1540 - 1550

"Ajax lower left holding a shield aloft, at the right stands Agamemnon surrounded by his soldiers" is a woodcut by Italian artist Niccolò Vicentino, created between 1540 and 1550. The print depicts a scene from Homer's epic poem, the Iliad, where Ajax, a Greek hero, is standing in defiance of the orders of Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek army. Vicentino's meticulous detail, using hatching and cross-hatching, creates a sense of drama and tension. The artwork is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.