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Mercury orders Calypso to let Odysseus depart
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
During his wanderings, Odysseus encounters the nymph Calypso, who falls in love with him and holds him captive on her island. Jupiter then sends Mercury to command her to let Odysseus return to his wife. Lairesse made this painting, together with several other works representing exemplary love and devotion, for Mary Stuart’s apartments in Soestdijk Palace.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMercurius gelast Calypso om Odysseus te laten vertrekken. c. 1680. Gerard de Lairesse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
