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Five Scenes from Classical Mythology
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Five Scenes from Classical Mythology

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1790 · painting technique; glass; oak (wood)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Five glasses with scenes from classical mythology in a wooden frame. The glass farthest to the left: Orpheus plays a Renaissance violin; a deer and two dogs sit around him listening. The glass to the right of that: a man with spear and in classical armor, in combat with a dragon. The central glass: a man with a red cloth draped over his back pursues with a sword a female figure with wings instead of arms (probably a harpy, pursued by Boreas or Jason). The glass to the right of that: a woman, holding a frightened child in her arms, points to men with frog feet in a pool with reeds. (Probably the peasants whom the goddess Latona turned into frogs after they insulted her.) The glass farthest to the right: Hercules captures the bull of Crete. Hercules has pressed the bull's head to the ground and sits with his knee on its neck.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVijf taferelen uit de klassieke mythologie. c. 1700 - c. 1790. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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