Francesco_Solimena_-_The_Abduction_of_Orithyia_-_Walters_371695.jpg
Summary
Francesco Solimena : The Abduction of Orithyia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1777,Q736065
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Title |
The Abduction of Orithyia
label QS:Len,"The Abduction of Orithyia"
label QS:Lde,"die Entführung der Orithyia"
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
This composition, a copy of a replica of around 1730 by the great Neapolitan artist Solimena after his own earlier painting of 1701, represents a scene adapted from "The Metamorphoses," the famous poem on the loves of the gods by the 1st-century Roman author Ovid. The north wind Boreas was in love with Orithya, the daughter of the king of Athens. She refused him, and, in anger, the god abducted the frightened young woman from amid her maidens-in-waiting. Flying cupids (little gods of love) symbolize the passion that motivated Boreas. The dramatic use of flickering patches of light and shadow is characteristic of Solimena's style although the color is less intense. Copies of popular compositions were avidly bought for inclusion in decorative arrangements.
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Date |
circa 1730
date QS:P571,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
Painted surface height: 98.8 cm (38.8 in); width: 135.2 cm (53.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,98.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,135.2U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081
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Accession number |
37.1695
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Place of creation | Naples , Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Flight, Fantasy, Faith, Fact. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 1953-1954. A Taste for Angels: Neapolitan Painting in North America, 1650-1750. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. 1987-1988. Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995-1996. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery , Baltimore : Walters Art Gallery, no. 431 , pp. 543 OCLC : 2463997 . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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