Thetis bittet Hephaistos um Waffen für Achilleus

1803

not on display
Henry Fuseli1741 Zürich – 1825 Putney Hill/London
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After Achilles has lost his armor through the battle death of his friend Patroclus, his divine mother Thetis hurries to Hephaestus to ask him for a new one. Summoned by Charis, the limping blacksmith approaches here, supported by two artificial maidens that the inventive man has created for himself (Homer, Iliad, XVIII, 410-420). Created as an illustration commissioned by the publisher Du Roveray for a new edition of Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' in the translations by Alexander Pope and William Cowper. Füssli painted 17 of a total of 48 preparatory designs. Engraving by Edward Smith from 1805, cf. David H. Weinglass: Prints and engraved Illustrations by and after Henry Fuseli. A catalogue raisonné (Aldershot 1994), no. 233.
Also known as
Thetis bittet den auf zwei künstlichen goldenen Jungfrauen gestützten Hephaistos um Waffen für Achilleus. Homer, Ilias XVIII, 410 ff. Thetis Entreats Hephaestus to Provide Achilles with Armour
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 91 x 71 cm
Inventory number
2561
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, 1941