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Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus
Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus is a 1630-32 painting by the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck. It was acquired by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. 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.
External links.
- http://bilddatenbank.khm.at/viewArtefact?id=650
in Meditation" (or "Interior with Tobit and Anna")
- Sir Anthony van Dyck
- "Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus"
- Diego Velázquez
- "Christ Crucified"
- "Temptation of St. Thomas"
Births.
- January 11 - Adam Frans van der Meulen, Flemish Baroque painter specializing in battle scenes (died 1690)
- March 26 - Mary Beale, English portrait painter (died 1699)
- May 13 - Nicolas Pitau, Flemish engraver and