Danaë
1623
oil
canvas
From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
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Orazio Gentileschi
Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (Italian pronunciation: ; 1563 – 7 February 1639) was an Italian painter.
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oil
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From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
Danaë is a 1623 oil by Orazio Gentileschi, a Early Baroque Italian work, held at J. Paul Getty Museum.
This painting shows a woman reclining on a bed, surrounded by golden coins falling from above. She is nude, with a cloth draped over her lower body, and her left arm is raised to catch the coins. The bed is covered in white and gold sheets, with a red pillow at the head. The woman's pose and the falling coins create a sense of movement and energy in the scene. The use of gold and white colors gives the painting a sense of luxury and opulence. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this painting, you might want to look up Orazio Gentileschi.
Danaë is a circa 1623 oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Orazio Gentileschi. It is an example of an Italian Baroque painting and is now in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, in Los Angeles.
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The painting was commissioned in 1621 by Giovanni Antonio Sauli who had invited Gentileschi to Genoa. Gentileschi painted a number of works for Sauli besides the Danäe, including a Penitent Magdalen and a Lot and his Daughters. The painting draws together the Caravaggesque naturalism that influenced Gentileschi's earlier work with the Tuscan lyricism he later developed. The subject of the painting is the ancient Greek myth of Danaë, which tells of how Zeus, king of the gods, visited Danaë in a shower of gold, from which union Perseus was born. The myth is regarded as a forerunner of the…
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Commissioned in 1621 by Giovanni Antonio Sauli, Genoa; By descent and inheritance in the family; Thomas P. Grange, London, by 1975; By whom sold in 1977 to Richard L. Feigen; By whom sold on 2 October 1998 to a family trust, the present consignor.
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Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (Italian pronunciation: ; 1563 – 7 February 1639) was an Italian painter.
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