Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx — Donato Creti | DiscoverArt

Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx

1671–1749

Pen and brown ink

16.9 × 27.6 cm (6.7 × 10.9 in)

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