• Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844

Achilles and Penthesilea. Cupid Complains to Venus about a Bee Sting

• Production DateDecember 1809
• Type of Work / ObjectDrawing

• Location

  • Not on display
• Inventory NumberC18r

• Catalogue NumberC18r
• Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Drawings (C)

Motif / Theme

• Animal > Bee
• Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid
• Human > Goddess > Aphrodite / Venus
• Human > Man > Achilles
• Human > Woman > Penthesilea
• General Subject > Homer
• Theme > Emotion > Infatuation
• Theme > Emotion > Grief
• Theme > Condition > Death

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