Bågskytten by Carl Milles

Bågskytten, created by Carl Milles, is a twelve-meter-high sculpture that stands outside Liljevalchs Konsthall on Södra Djurgården in Stockholm. Made between 1913 and 1919, the statue features a man in an athletic stance with a drawn bow and arrow, standing on a stylized eagle. A smaller version of Bågskytten was placed at Waldemarsudde in 1913. The sculpture is a granite column that supports a diabase eagle.

The human figure on the eagle is depicted in a athletic stance with a drawn bow and arrow. Skytten is a constellation on the southern star map, but partially visible from Sweden. According to mythology, the constellation is named after the son of the god Pan, Krotos, who invented the bow and arrow. Krotos was a hunter and a very good archer. The eagle, an ancient symbol of power, was one of Milles' favorite motifs.

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