#ivan akimov

[mythologypaintings]

Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes

Artist: Ivan Akimov (Russian, 1755–1814)

Date: 1782

Medium: Oil painting

Collection: Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia

Description

Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes refers to a scene from Greek mythology where the hero Hercules, choosing to end his life by setting himself on fire on a funeral pyre, does so while his close companion Philoctetes is present to witness the act; often depicted in art, this moment signifies the deep bond between the two heroes.

[lionofchaeronea]

Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes, Ivan Akimov, 1782

[roehenstart]

Svyatoslav's return from the Danube. By Ivan Akimov.

[lionofchaeronea]

Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes, Ivan Akimov, 1782

[pandaemoniumpancakes]

Ivan Akimov, Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes, 1782 

[u013emperor]

Saturn cutting off Cupid's wings, by Ivan Akimov 1802 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ivan_Akimov_Saturn_.jpg

[thisblueboy]

Ivan Akimovich Akimov (Russian, 1754-1814), Hercules Self-immolation in the Presence of his Friend Philoctetes, 1782, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow