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Philoctetes aiming the bow of Hercules at Odysseus by Asmus Jacob Carstens

Philoctetes aiming the bow of Hercules at Odysseus

Asmus Jacob Carstens · 1790

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Asmus Jacob Carstens
Date
1790
Location
Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
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