Thetis immersing Achilles into a vessel of water

Thetis immersing Achilles into a vessel of water

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Catalogue/s Raisonné
B21 C118 LeB20 Bellini36 II
Accession Number
850-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Achilles (Greek character) children (people by age group) infants nudes (representations) Story of Achilles (Greek narratives) Thetis (Greek character) women (female humans)
Movements
Baroque

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