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Theseus Receiving the Thread from Ariadne, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Theseus Receiving the Thread from Ariadne

Theseus und Ariadne (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss) (1741-1825)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
1788
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
96 × 72.5 cm
Collection
Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Kunsthaus de Zurich, public domain

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