Allegory Of Love, Pair Of 17th Paintings Attributed Pierre-jacques Cazes Paris, 1676 - 1754

Pierre-Jacques Cazes Paris, 1676 - 1754 attributed Hercule et Omphale et Achille et Deidamie Two oils on canvas forming a pendant 'Achille et Deidamie' enlarged by the artist with four bands around the perimeter, completing an original format of 37.50 x 46 cm 'Hercules and Omphale' of two bands on the left border and on the upper border completing an original format of 48 x 55.5 cm Among the daughters of Lycomedes, Deidamie was the first to discover the identity of Achilles who, disguised as a woman , had been placed in his father's palace by Thetis in order to escape his fate. Seduced by the young man, she will have a son by him, Neoptolemus. These two compositions were engraved in reverse by Louis Desplaces in 1721 in a suite entitled 'Les Surprises de l'Amour'.