1694
oil
canvas
From the collection of Palace of Versailles
Alpheus and Arethusa is a 1694 oil by René-Antoine Houasse, a French Classical Baroque work, held at Palace of Versailles.
This painting shows a man and a woman in a landscape. The man, on the left, is wearing a blue cloth and has a green wreath on his head. He's reaching out to the woman, who is sitting on a rock. She's wearing a yellow cloth and has a purple cloth draped over her. There's a lot of white smoke around them. The painting has a lot of greenery and trees in the background. The sky is blue, and there are some mountains in the distance. The woman is looking back at the man, and he's looking at her with a serious expression. The painting is very detailed, with lots of textures and colors. It's a beautiful example of 17th-century French art. If you want to see more paintings like this, check out the work of René-Antoine Houasse.
René-Antoine Houasse (c. 1645–1710) was a decorative French painter. He was a pupil of Charles Le Brun, under whose direction he worked at the Manufacture des Gobelins, and with whom he worked on the decoration of the…
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