An honest woodman who had lost his axe was rewarded by Mercury with a golden one when he denied that his own had been of precious metal. A dishonest woodman thereupon claimed that he had lost a golden axe; Mercury recovered it & showed it was merely of ...
It is not clear whether Uyttenbroeck intended to represent a particular mythological subject here. The scene has been described as the ' Nurture of Bacchus', but it could equally well be a rustic love scene such as that of Daphnis & Chloe. The artist is ...
The nymph Echo was in love with the beautiful youth Narcissus, who rejected her cruelly. The goddess Nemesis punished Narcissus by making him fall in love with his own reflection, seen in a pool. Echo died, leaving only her voice, & Narcissus died because his love remained unrequited. The lower of the two nymphs in the trees is probably Echo. The reclining nymph at the bottom, who was originally draped, seems to have been repainted as a nude in the 18th century. The story comes from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (Book 3) & was frequently painted, but this is Claude's only known treatment of the subject. It is also one of only two paintings recorded by him as having been made for an English patron who, unfortunately, has not been identified. ...
Procris gave her husband Cephalus a magic dog & a spear which had been given to her by Diana, the goddess of the hunt. She believed him to have been unfaithful to her & so hid when he approached, but Cephalus by mistake killed her with the spear (Ovid ...
The subject of this painting may be taken from the ' Argonautica' of Apollonius. The winged Zetes & Calais, the sons of Boreas, are shown chasing the harpies away from the blind Phineus, whose food had been defiled by the harpies. The companion piece to t ...
Patel's landscape shows the impact on Paris taste of classical landscapes arriving from Rome. It was painted shortly after the arrival in Paris of works by the neo-classical artist Claude, which belonged to the Duc de Bouillon. Patel probably never visi ...
In the background is the Massacre of the Innocents which was carried out by Herod's soldiers & from which the Holy Family had fled. In the left background is the Miracle of the Corn, according to which corn sprang up to deceive Herod's officers during t ...
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Landscape With Satyrs Print
This small panel is very close in style to two paintings by Rijckaert dated 1626 and is likely to be by him. It may have formed part of the decoration of a cabinet. It evokes the golden age of antiquity, and a growing taste for decorative landscape.
This small panel is very close in style to two paintings by Rijckaert dated 1626 & is likely to be by him. It may have formed part of the decoration of a cabinet. It evokes the golden age of antiquity, & a growing taste for decorative landscape.
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