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The Wounded Philoctetes

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Year
  
1775

Artist
  
Nicolai Abildgaard

Medium
  
Created
  
1775

The Wounded Philoctetes

Dimensions
  
123 cm × 175.5 cm (48 in × 69.1 in)

Location
  
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The Wounded Philoctetes is a painting by the Danish painter, N. A. Abildgaard. It was painted in 1775.

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Having received a five-year scholarship from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Abildgaard stayed in Rome where he painted his interpretation of the hero Philoctetes who was wounded by a snake and left behind on a Greek island by his brothers in arms during the Trojan War.

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References

The Wounded Philoctetes Wikipedia


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