Cleveland Museum of Art
Figure of Demosthenes
Enoch Wood (British, 1759–1840) · c. 1800
In Victorian times, this figure was thought to depict St. Paul preaching in Athens, but it actually portrays the Greek orator Demosthenes delivering one of his philosophical lectures.
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