Ulysses and Neoptolemos deprive Philoctète bow and arrows of Hercules, François-Xavier Fabre, 1800

Commissioned by the english collector and patron, then living in florence, lord bristol, this painting is inspired by sophocles' tragedy philoctetes. Wounded and abandoned by his people on the island of lemnos, philoctetes survives thanks to the weapons of hercules that ulysses and neoptolemus come to snatch from him to use against the trojans. Object Type: painting. Genre: mythological painting. Date: 1800. Dimensions: Sans cadre height: 288 cm (113.3 in); width: 453.5 cm (14.8 ft). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Fabre museum. PeinturesMuséeFabre183Fabre Ulysse1800