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Landschaft mit Diana und Orion

Engraver Jost Amman Swiss
after Wenzel Jamnitzer German
1568
Not on view
Für seine Darstellung des riesigen Jägers griff Poussin auf den griechischen Satiriker Lukian (De domo 27–29) zurück: „Der blinde Orion trägt den Kedalion auf den Schultern, um sich von ihm den Weg zum Sonnenlicht zeigen zu lassen. Helios erscheint und heilt seine Blindheit." Der Künstler analysierte auch einen Kommentar aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, der dem Mythos eine meteorologische Interpretation verlieh. Danach fügte er Diana in den Wolken hinzu, ein Symbol der Macht des Mondes, der die Dämpfe der Erde sammelt und sie zu Regen macht. Dieses bemerkenswerte Gemälde vereint Poussins Faszinationen von sowohl klassischer Mythologie als auch mächtigen Naturgewalten.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titel: Landschaft mit Diana und Orion
  • Künstler: Nicolas Poussin, Frankreich, aktiv in Italien, 1594–1665
  • Datum: 1658
  • Medium: Öl auf Leinwand
  • Dimensionen: 119,1 x 182,9 cm
  • Anerkennung: Fletcher Fund, 1924
  • Akzession Nr.: 24.45.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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