Boreas Abducting Oreithyia – (François Boucher) Previo Próximo


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Fecha: 1769

Tamaño: 273 x 205 cm

Museo: Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, United States)

Técnica: Aceite Sobre Lienzo

Failing to win the hand of the lovely Athenian Princess Orethyia, one of the daughters of King Erechtheus, by smooth means, Boreas, the cold wind god of the North, decided to revert to his true nature of wildness and cold rage. La historia es contada por Ovid en el sexto libro de las Metamorfosis, y Boucher evoca admirablemente la pasión y la furia del relato. Boreas se desploma, oculta por nubes oscuras y tormentosas, y forzosamente se ahoga en Oreithyia mientras recoge flores con sus hermanas. Boreas la llevó de vuelta a su reino norteño, donde más tarde le dio hijos gemelos, un evento sugerido por las dos antorchas del putto. El árbol caído en primer plano, que lleva al espectador a la composición, es uno de los robles gruñidos que Boreas, en su violencia, derribó.

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