"Imposing Hst Jupiter / Antiope 108 X 92 After Watteau"
Imposing oil on canvas after Jean Antoine Watteau (1684 -1721) -Stamp / Dating on the back of the frame (May 19, 1914 - Watteau) -
Is it the collector to mark this piece just before the first war or during the cropping of the canvas -)
Illustrious stamp of the merchants of canvases, fine oils "Blanchet 38 rue Bonaparte Paris"
Many painters illustrated this Greek myth such as Correggio, Van Loo, Titian - The original of JA Watteau being kept in the Louvre -
The very pretty Antiope was desired by Jupiter/Zeus who took the form of a satyr to abuse her while she slept. Seeing herself pregnant and fearing the wrath of her father, Nyctée, she fled to Sicyone where King Epic married her.
- Aesthetic enjoyment of the viewer who alone can see the nudity of the young woman, the lubricity of the satyr who struggles to see - Same disturbing mechanism in the "Suzanne au bain" -
- Very good condition, original canvas, more recent solid frame with pediment in bronze – 108 x 92 with frame 92 x 67 Without frame
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