Philoctetes in the island of Lemnos

Philoctetes in the island of Lemnos
 (1777)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and aquatint
Accession Number
p.183.202-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, 1881
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)
arrows bandages (woven material) classicism exile (sociological concept) injury (medical condition) legendary characters Lemnos (island)
Movements
Neoclassicism

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