Tag: Mercury

La sfida delle Pieridi (c.1523-1527)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) La sfida delle Pieridi (The Challenge of the Pierides) c.1523–1527 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 31 x 63 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris A rare mythological subject This small painting represents an episode reported by Ovid in…

Il giudizio di Paride (1583)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Il giudizio di Paride (The Judgement of Paris) 1583 Pen and ink on paper, 36.6 x 47.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On his father’s death in 1540, the young Alessandro Allori was adopted by Bronzino…

Philemon and Baucis (1658)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Philemon and Baucis 1658 Oil on panel transferred to panel, 54.5 x 68.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with…

Mercury Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus (c.1680)

Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Mercury Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus c.1680 Oil on canvas, 132 x 96 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam During his wanderings, Odysseus encounters the nymph Calypso, who falls in love with him and holds him captive on her island.…

Primavera (c.1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Primavera (Allegory of Spring) c.1480 Tempera on panel, 207 x 319 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This painting, usually known as the Primavera [or ‘Spring’] shows nine figures from classic mythology advancing over a flowery lawn in a grove…

Marriage of Peleus and Thetis (1636-1638)

Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Marriage of Peleus and Thetis 1636–1638 Oil on canvas, 181 x 288 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid As with the Rape of Hippodamia (P01658), this marriage scene was commissioned from Rubens as part of the mythological cycle drawn from…