Sujet

The International Exhibition: "The Wounded Achilles", a plaster statue, by Carl Cauer, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The International Exhibition: "The Wounded Achilles", a plaster statue, by Carl Cauer, 1862. 'The action of Achilles endeavouring to extract the arrow from his heel, and his heroic expression "dignifying pain," are very good; but, in some respects, the model scarcely supports the sculptor's reputation, some parts of the anatomy not being correctly expressed. The occasional puffiness of the muscles might, it is true, disappear in the finished statue; but the extremities are too small, and there is too much weakness in the tendinous parts for the mighty hero of the "Iliad," making due allowance for his agility and swiftness'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_311

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

21,6Mo (2,0Mo) / 16,6cm x 32,7cm / 1955 x 3863 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany people male event man men German arts country naked body bodies nude vulnerability statue statues sculpture art guy British feet foot color vulnerable heel location century Britain newspapers press wound print concept PLASTER exhibition mythology injured weakness injury B&W nudity wounded engraved engraving nakedness exposition Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Greek mythology nineteenth century World Fair The Print Collector Achilles cultural event Illustrated London News the body World's Fair ILN newspaper trade fair Unknown Great London Exposition International Exhibition of 1862 19th-century Achilles heel 1862 International Exhibition Carl Cauer Cauer Carl