Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Aeneas and the Sibyl c.1670 Etching on laid paper, 20.2 × 15.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Aeneas and the Sibyl (c.1670)
Tag: Mythology
Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus (c.1670)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus c.1670 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 113.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Calypso, reclining on her bed, looks at us with the same charming smile she used on Odysseus. The…
Terminus, the Device of Erasmus (c.1532)
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Terminus, the Device of Erasmus c.1532 Oil on wood, 21.6 x 21.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In the spirit of the Italian Renaissance, Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466–1536), the celebrated Dutch humanist and scholar,…
Le rêve (1931)
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Le rêve (The Dream) 1931 Oil on canvas, 96 x 96 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Dalí and other Surrealist artists created images depicting strange juxtapositions that are sometimes referred to as “dreamscapes.” The Dream gives visual…
Bacchante sur une panthère (1855)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Bacchante sur une panthère (Bacchante on a Panther) 1855 Oil on fabric, 71.3 x 111.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair). These paintings are from a series…
Arion sur un hippocampe (1855)
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Arion sur un hippocampe (Arion on a Sea Horse) 1855 Oil on fabric, 71.3 x 111.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair). These paintings are from a…
I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (1555-1556)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) I primi frutti della terra offerti a Saturno (The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn) 1555–1556 Pen, ink and chalk, 17.2 x 39.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The drawing, surely from the hand…
Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld (1630s)
Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld 1630s Oil on copper, 26.7 x 35.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This infernal image of the 1630s was inspired by the “hell landscapes” of Jan Brueghel…
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…
The Trojan Women (1971)
Director: Michael Cacoyannis Producer: Michael Cacoyannis Screenplay: Michael Cacoyannis Based on: The Trojan Women by Euripides Genre: Drama | Mythology | Tragedy Music: Mikis Theodorakis Country: USA | UK | Greece Language: English Studio: Josef Shaftel Productions Release date: 1971 Running time: 105 minutes…