| The Wounded Philoctetes | |
| Other Language 1: | Danish |
| Other Title 1: | Den sårede Filoktet |
| Artist: | N. A. Abildgaard |
| Year: | 1775 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 123 |
| Width Metric: | 175.5 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Copenhagen |
| Museum: | National Gallery of Denmark |
The Wounded Philoctetes is a painting by the Danish painter, N. A. Abildgaard. It was painted in 1775.
Having received a five-year scholarship from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Abildgaard stayed in Rome where he painted his interpretation of the hero Philoctetes who was wounded by a snake and left behind on a Greek island by his brothers in arms during the Trojan War.[1]