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Summary
Frederic Leighton: Hercules Fighting Death to Save Alcestis
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| Title |
Hercules Fighting Death to Save Alcestis |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
mythological painting |
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| Date | 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 132.4 cm (52.1 in) ; width: 265.5 cm (104.5 in) |
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| Accession number |
1982.46 (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art) |
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| Notes | Wadsworth_Atheneum Object Description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
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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| Source/Photographer | originally uploaded on en.wikipedia by Ravenous (talk · contribs) at 13 January 2006. Filename was AlcestisHerculesLeighton.jpg.Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Ntetos using CommonsHelper. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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