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Danaë and the Shower of Gold
Danaë lies naked, reclining gently on a divan. Above her falls a shower of gold. This is Jupiter, who came to Danaë in the form of golden rain and made her pregnant. Cupid, god of love, directs the stream of gold down towards her womb. Cupid in fact has no real function or role in the myth of Danaë and the shower of gold. He is here merely to signal the mythological content of the picture. The art…
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1787
- 1787
Provenance
- Gåva 1913 av Mr John Edward Heaton
Identifier
- NM 1767
- 18771
Extent
- Mått 150 x 190 cm
Format
- Olja på duk
Year
- 1787
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:12.155Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:42.508Z