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[edit]Frederic Leighton: Hercules Fighting Death to Save Alcestis
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Title |
Hercules Fighting Death to Save Alcestis label QS:Lca,"Hèrcules lluitant amb la mort per salvar Alcestis"
label QS:Len,"Hercules Fighting Death to Save Alcestis" |
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painting ![]() |
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mythological painting ![]() |
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Date | 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas ![]() |
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height: 132.4 cm (52.1 in) ![]() ![]() dimensions QS:P2048,+132.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+265.5U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q403080
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1982.46 (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art) ![]() |
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Notes | Wadsworth_Atheneum Object Description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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http://argus.wadsworthatheneum.org/Wadsworth_Atheneum_ArgusNet/Portal/public.aspx?lang=en-US&g_AABJ=Hercules+Wrestling+with+Death+for+the+Body+of+Alcestis ![]() |
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- Mythological paintings by Frederic Leighton
- Mythological paintings in the Wadsworth Atheneum
- Heracles and Alcestis
- 1860s mythological paintings
- 1870s mythological paintings
- 1860s oil on canvas paintings in the United States
- 1870s oil on canvas paintings in the United States
- 19th-century paintings of Hercules (Heracles)
- Paintings of female corpses
- People with corpses in art
- Thanatos