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Thetis Plunges Achilles in River Styx
Felice Gianica. 1790
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Water flows from jar of god in narrow valley. Thetis holds kneeling Achilles by his right leg. She is accompanied by four girls, two of whom hold towel.
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- Title: Thetis Plunges Achilles in River Styx
- Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Date Created: ca. 1790
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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