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Berlin
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Berlin
Allegory of the City of Bern (The Temple of the LIberal Arts, with the City of Bern and the Goddess Minerva)
Artist: Jacques Sablet (Swiss, 1749-1803)
Date: 1779
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Achilles Among the Daughters of Lycomedes
Artist: Adrien Dassier (French, 1615/1620-1688)
Date: 1669
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon, France
"Achilles Among the Daughters of Lycomedes" is a famous Greek mythological tale and a popular subject in classical art. It recounts how Achilles' mother, desperate to keep her son from dying in the Trojan War, hid him disguised as a woman, only for him to be tricked into revealing his true identity.
