Tag: Mythology

Enée rencontre Didon à Carthage (c.1875)

Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Enée rencontre Didon à Carthage (Aeneas Meeting Dido at Carthage) c.1875 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on buff laid paper, 12 x 18.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Verso: This early work by Cézanne belongs to a group of…

Studio per La scelta di Ercole (c.1595-1597)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Studio per La scelta di Ercole (Study for the Choice of Hercules) c.1595–1597 Pen and ink over traces of red chalk on paper, 22.3 × 19.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Annibale Carracci’s first decorative project for the…

Aeneas in the underworld (s.d.)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeneas in the underworld s.d. Oil on oak panel, 47 x 32 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • The Aeneid (English) | Virgil (70 BC-19 BC)

Le Triomphe de Silène (c.1636)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Triomphe de Silène (The Triumph of Silenus) c.1636 Oil on canvas, 142.9 × 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This playful scene celebrates Silenus, companion to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and drunkenness. Silenus, a naked old…

Oedipe et le Sphinx (c.1826)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…