Painting of a seated woman in grey-green drapes facing a bearded man in white near a doorway, with a standing woman behind them in shadowy light.

Thetis Asks Hephaestus for Weapons for Achilles

A seated woman in a grey-green gown and veil leans toward a bearded man in a white tunic who stands in a doorway, while a second woman with an upswept hairstyle watches behind them. Warm light falls from the upper left across the dim, shadowy interior, in a painted oil composition with soft, smoky modelling.

Artist: Henry Fuseli
Date: 1803
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Size: 923 × 1200 px

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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1803; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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