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Tiresias blinded for looking at Pallas naked - Dennel after Lagrenée

Image series :
Date :
1775
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
76x58 cm
Storage Location :

Description

Booklet from the 1775 Salon:

"By M. de la Grenée, Professor.
[...] 13. Tiresias, famous Soothsayer, having once looked at Pallas when she was undressing, went blind on the spot.
14. The Sibyl obtains from Apollo to live as many years as she holds grains of sand in her hand.
These two paintings belong to M. Le Marquis de Very. "

History :

2. Marquis de Véry sale, Dec. 12, 1785, no. 17, of the painting, as well as its counterpart.
Lempertz sale no. 1057, Cologne, Nov. 14, 2015, lot no. 1584.

3. The painting was engraved by Louis Dennel.
During: The Sibyl obtains from Apollo to live as many years as she holds grains of sand in her hand.

Indexed items :
Rideau (fond de scène)
Paysage à l’arrière-plan
Muret
La scène est observée par effraction
Fontaine
Bain

Technical Data

Notice #001010

Image HD

Past ID :
A0329
Image editing :
Image web