Achilles reaching for his heel
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Achilles reaching for his heel
Published 2018-07-04T11:32:55+00:00
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This is a statue of Achilles, the Greek hero of the Trojan war. He was famously dipped into the river Styx as a young child, leaving him invulnerable except for his left heel, as he was held by it. In this sculpture he is investigating his heel and reaching down to it.
Technical Information
| Date published | 04/07/2018 |
More Information
| Title | Achilles reaching for his heel |
| Date | 1832 |
| Medium | Plaster |
| Credit | Donated as a present for becoming an academy |
| Record | https://www.accademiasanluca.eu/it |
| Artist | Emil Wolff |
| Place | Accademia nazionale di San luca |
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