Hephaestus, Bia and Kratos securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus

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Hephaestus, Bia and Kratos securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus

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pencil 359 x 302 mm - Zeus, Greek father of the gods, punished Prometheus for creating the first man from clay and giving him fire, by having the Titan chained to a rock. Zeus is depicted in the top right corner with the eagle that then descends each day to feed on his liver. At first glance Bia might seem to comfort Prometheus's splayed figure...

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Date created

circa 1800-circa 1810

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Henry Fuseli

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nudes / mythology / myths / classicism / deaths / Neoclassical/European / Drawing

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