Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus
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Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus is a 1630–1632 painting in the workshop of the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck. It was acquired by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.[1] It illustrates the story of the Shield of Achilles, from the Iliad, Book 18, lines 478–608, in which Thetis requests replacement weapons and shield for her son Achilles from Hephaestus.
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References
- ^ “Thetis Empfängt von Hephaistos Die Waffen Für Achilles.” Kunsthistorisches Museum, www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/650/. Accessed 20 June 2023.
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