Danae - Rembrandt

Danae - Rembrandt

Artist :
Rembrandt Harmensz (ou Harmenszoon) van Rijn (1606-1669)
Date :
1636
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
185x202,5 cm
Topic :
Mythologie. Danaé
Storage Location :
Saint-Pétersbourg, Ermitage
ГЭ-723
Signed work

Description

Acrisios, Danae's father, had learned from an oracle that his daughter would have a son who would kill him. He had a bronze chamber built underground, where he locked up Danae. But Zeus, transformed into golden rain, penetrated through a crack in the roof to the young girl, who conceived Perseus.

History :

1. Signed and dated lower left "Rembrandt. f. 1636 " (but the date is hard to read: 1636, 1646, 1647?)

2. Entered the Hermitage in 1772, the painting was acquired from the Crozat collection.
Repainted in the nineteenth century. On June 15, 1985, an unbalanced person entered the Hermitage's Rembrandt room, sprayed Danae with sulfuric acid and slashed her with two stab wounds to the stomach. It would take twelve years of restoration to return the painting to the public, in 1997.

Indexed items :
Table
Putto, putti, Amour
La scène est observée par effraction
Femme étendue sur un lit
Drap
Ciel de lit
Textual Sources :
Ovide, Métamorphoses
Allusions IV, 611 ; VI, 113 ; XI, 117

Technical Data

Notice #000932

Image HD

Past ID :
A0251
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Collections en ligne du Musée de L’Ermitage (http://www.hermitagemuseum.org)

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