Philoctetes Applies the Torch of Hercules to the Funeral Pyre

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash shows a nude male figure reclining on clouds, arm raised above a burning pyre. Below, a crouching figure holds a torch toward the pile of logs, and a bow and arrows lie on the ground at right.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1780–1800

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on light blue laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3375 × 2848 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum