File:Hecuba.jpg
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[edit]Giuseppe Maria Crespi: Hecube blinds Polymestor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q528620 |
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Title |
Hecuba kills Polymestor label QS:Lit,"Ecuba acceca Polimestore"
label QS:Lfr,"Hécube tue Polymestor"
label QS:Len,"Hecuba kills Polymestor" |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Date |
first half of 18th century date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 |
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Medium | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 173 cm (68.1 in); width: 184 cm (72.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,173U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,184U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q377500 |
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Credit line | 2008-03-27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/c/crespi/giuseppe/hecuba.html" |
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JPEG file comment | CRESPI, Giuseppe Maria
(b. 1665, Bologna, d. 1747, Bologna) Hecuba Blinding Polymnestor - Oil on canvas, 173 x 184 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Bolognese painter Giuseppe Maria Crespi, also surnamed lo Spagnolo, was heir to various artistic traditions. Trained in his youth in the rich Bolognese heritage of the Carracci as well as the Venetian school, he later drew artistic inspiration from north of the Alps, in particular in his commissions in Florence for Prince Ferdinand of Tuscany. Crespi's oeuvre plays on several registers. He is known on the one hand for his folk-style genre scenes, the intimacy of which frequently carries over into his religious works, full of tenderness and domestic details. At the same time, when depicting religious, antique or mythological themes, he is not afraid to produce works of a much more monumental and dramatic character, at times even with a decidedly tragic slant, as is the case here. The theme is probably taken from Hecuba, a tragedy by the antique Greek author Euripides. During the Trojan war Hecuba had sent her youngest son, together with a large fortune, to safety with Polymnestor, her son-in-law and King of Thrace. Polymnestor, however, abused Hecuba's trust in a dreadful manner, murdering and bespoiling the defenceless child he was supposed to protect. Crespi's painting depicts Hecuba's revenge for this foul deed. To the left Polymnestor is held fast by a Trojan woman. To the right Hecuba rushes up to him and puts out her son-in-law's eyes. The painter has masterfully succeeded in converting the dramatic release of the mother's wrath on the murderer of her descendant into a powerful picture that leaves a lasting impression. The pictures rise up out of the dark background in a very mellow and nervous style of painting, a combination that had earlier proven its expressive accuracy in the late works of Titian and Caravaggio. Polymnestor, flailing helplessly in the air, has no recourse against Hecuba, who in her fluttering garments wreaks out just punishment with the elegance and precision of an angel of wrath, whilst her companion resolutely turns her head away from the dreadful judgement. By depicting Hecuba entirely from behind, in foreground, the painter also enables the viewer to identify to a certain degree with the mother as the executor of a just punishment.
Author: CRESPI, Giuseppe Maria Title: Hecuba Blinding Polymnestor Time-line: 1701-1750 School: Italian Form: painting Type: mythological |
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