失明的俄里翁寻找升起的太阳

Nicolas Poussin French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 623

描绘这位巨人猎手的故事时，普桑参照了希腊作家琉善（《大厅》27 – 29）的叙述：“失明的俄里翁背着科达利翁，后者在他的背上指路，往太阳的方向行去。升起的太阳治愈了（他的）失明。”普桑还研究了一份十六世纪的注释书，此书对这一神话提出气象学上的诠释。根据这本书，普桑在云中增添了狄安娜，她象征月亮采集地球水气并将之转换成雨的能力。这幅出色的绘画将普桑着迷的两件事结合了起来，一是古典神话，一是大自然的无边力量。

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome), Oil on canvas

This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Open Access

As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.

API

Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API.

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome), Oil on canvas
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome), Oil on canvas
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome), Oil on canvas
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome), Oil on canvas
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome), Oil on canvas

This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left. Scroll left to view more.