Tag: Wilhelm Kray
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, Wilhelm Kray’s Eros ferrying lovers to Cythera, with footnotes # 50
Sold for GBP 6,875 in Jan 2008 In Greek mythology, Eros is the god of lust and love. In the present work, lovers are being taken to Cythera, the celestial island of Aphrodite. Wilhelm Kray ( December 29, 1828 in Berlin – July 29, 1889 in Munich ) was a German portrait , genre and landscape painter…
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01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, Wilhelm Kray’s THE SIRENS, with footnotes #33b
Sold for 12,500 GBP in May 2015According to Greek myths, sirens were powerful and erotic creatures, and many unsuspecting sailors would fall prey to their seductive beauty. The common belief was that they would devour sailors after their ships would crash into the rocks, as most men couldn’t resist the temptation of their sweet melodies and angelic…