Peter Paul Rubens 181 - A painting of a man kneeling down next to a woman

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Peter Paul Rubens 181 - A painting of a man kneeling down next to a woman

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The goddess Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, which runs through Hades. In the background, the ferryman Charon can be seen taking the dead across the river in his boat. The scene was painted by Peter Paul Reubens around 1630/1635 as part of the Achilles Series

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1630 - 1635
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam
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public domain

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