Category: Mythology,
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Sir Edward John Poynter, PSYCHE 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7a
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S., 1836-1919 PSYCHE Watercolour 75 by 55cm., 29½ by 21½ in. Private collection There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the proper worship of the love goddess Venus,…
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Clara Morera, Ulysses and the Sirens 01 Painting, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes
Clara Morera, (B. CAMAGÜEY, 1944) Ulices y las cirenas/ Ulysses and the Sirens Mixed media on Wood 182.88 X 219.71 cm (72.00 X 86.50 in) Private collection Ulysses and the Sirens is a large mixed media on wood by the Cuban artist Clara Morera. It depicts the scene from Homer’s Odyssey in which Ulysses (Odysseus) resists the…
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Ivar Arosenius, Leda och svanorna, (Leda and the Swan) 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 27
Ivar Arosenius, (1878 – 1909) Leda och svanorna, (Leda and the Swan), c. 1908 Watercolour on paper 8 x 11 cm. Private collection Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by…
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, THE PROCESSION OF THE BULL APIS 02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of ancient Egyptians deities, by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 96
Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1847 – 1928, AMERICAN DETAIL, THE PROCESSION OF THE BULL APIS, c. 1879 Oil on canvas 39 7/8 by 70 1/4 in., 101.3 by 178.4 cm Private collection In Egyptian mythology, Apis was a sacred bull worshipped in the Memphis region, the ancient capital of Lower Egypt, identified as the son of Hathor, a primary deity…
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SIDNEY NOLAN, Leda and Swan 02 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities, with footnotes #9
SIDNEY NOLAN, 1917-1992 Leda and Swan, c. 1961 Oil on paper on board 25 x 30.2 cm Private collection Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had approached…
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Peter Paul Rubens, Meleager presenting the head of the Calydonian Boar to Atalant 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 11c
Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640 Meleager presenting the head of the Calydonian Boar to Atalant oil on panel 76 x 57.5 cm Private collection The goddess Artemis or Dianne was infuriated by the King of Calydon’s disrespect for her and had sent an enormous boar to ravage the fields of Calydon. Meleager and Atalanta…
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Max Pietschmann, A Centaur, kidnapping a nymph, fighting with the sea god Triton, c. 1886 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 11b
Max Pietschmann, (1865 – 1952) A Centaur, kidnapping a nymph, fighting with the sea god Triton, c. 1886 Oil on canvas 47,4 x 34,9 cm. Private collection A centaur is a mythological creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse. The centaurs were usually said to have been…
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LOO, JACOB VAN, The education of Bacchus 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
LOO, JACOB VAN, (Sluis 1614 – 1670 Paris) The education of Bacchus Oil on canvas. 72 x 66 cm. Private collection The small Bacchus is depicted in the arms of the nymphs on Mount Nysa. Born from the marriage between the royal daughter Sémélé and the god Jupiter, he was taken over by Mercury for…
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Maximilian Pirner, Hekate 01 Painting, Olympian deities, with footnotes # 26
Maximilian Pirner (1854–1924) Hekate , c. 1901 Pastel on paper 55 × 89 cm (21.6 × 35 in) Private collection Hecate or Hekate is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches or a key and in later periods depicted in triple form. She was variously associated with crossroads,…
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Ferdinand Leeke, The Mermaid and the Satyr 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 8
Ferdinand Leeke, (1859–1937) The Mermaid and the Satyr, c. 1917 Oil on canvas 39 x 53.1 in. / 99 x 135 cm Private collection A mermaid is a marine creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. The…
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UMBRIAN-SIENESE SCHOOL, Paris 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 24
UMBRIAN-SIENESE SCHOOL Paris Oil on poplar panel 48.8 x 28.6 cm.; 19 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. Private collection Paris, also known as Alexander, the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, appears in a number of Greek legends. Probably the best known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being…
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Peter Nicolai Arbo, Valkyrie’s Death 01 Works – RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from Norse mythology, with footnotes – 1
Peter Nicolai Arbo, (1831-92) Valkyrie’s Death, 1880 Oil on canvas 1200X675 Private collection A 10th century Viking unearthed in the 1880s was an elite warrior buried with a sword, an ax, a spear, arrows, a knife, two shields, and a pair of warhorses. And like a mythical valkyrie, a new study published finds that the…
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Italian School, Sleeping Venus with Cupid 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 23
Italian School, c. 1660 Sleeping Venus with Cupid Oil on canvas 75 x 130 cm Private collection This “Sleeping Venus” has not yet been assigned an author. The motif, with the goddess here depicted life-sized in an elongated landscape format, derives from the works of 16th century Venetian artists such as Giorgone and Titian. Paris…
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Laurence Winram, Mihaela as Cerynitis II 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #7
Laurence Winram, United Kingdom Nude – Mihaela as Cerynitis II Photography: Color on Paper. Size: 23.4 H x 16.5 W x 0 in Private collection In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian Hind (Greek: Ελαφος Κερυνῖτις Elaphos Kerynitis), also called Cerynitis or the Golden Hind, was an enormous hind, who lived in Keryneia, Greece. It was sacred to Artemis,…
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Ferdinand Leeke, The Mermaids – 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 7
Ferdinand Leeke, German 1859-1923 The Mermaids, c. 1921 – 1922 Oil on canvas 96.5x126cm Private collection A mermaid is a marine creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria. Mermaids can…
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Maurice William Greiffenhagen, The Mermaid. 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 5
Maurice William Greiffenhagen The Mermaid Oil on canvas Height: 100 cm (39.37 in.), Width: 100 cm (39.37 in.) Paisley Museum and Art Galleries (United Kingdom – Paisley, Renfrewshire) This early work both illustrated and was inspired by a poem by Goethe, which tells the story of a mermaid who rises from the waters to complain…
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Irving Penn, CROSSING THE RIVER STYX 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #5
Irving Penn, 1917-2009 ‘CROSSING THE RIVER STYX, c. 1996 Platinum-palladium print 15 1/2 by 25 5/8 in. (39.4 by 65.1 cm.) Private collection In Greek mythology, Styx is a deity and a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld. The rivers Styx, Phlegethon, Acheron, Lethe, and Cocytus all converge at the center of the…
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Cheryl Wilson, Medusa 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #6
Cheryl Wilson, United States Medusa Acrylic, Ink, Gesso, Airbrush and Paper on Canvas 16 H x 20 W x 0.8 in Private collection In Greek mythology Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with a hideous face and living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazers on her face would turn…
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Brian Smyth, Italy, A study for Andromeda 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #4
Brian Smyth, Italy A study for Andromeda Oil on linen Size: 20 H x 16 W x 1 in Private collection “I worked the painting from quick pencil sketches and photographs, as it was too difficult for the model to hold the pose over the duration of the painting process. I chose to add a more…
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