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Portrait of Mademoiselle Lange as Danaë

1799

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The story

The actress Mademoiselle Lange hated her portrait and asked Girodet to withdraw it from the 1799 Salon. He cut it into four pieces and in 19 days painted this mocking Danaë catching gold, with her husband as a turkey, and hung it in its place.

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Object details

Title: Portrait of Mademoiselle Lange as Danaë
Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet
Date: 1799
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0135
Original image: 2545 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Anne-Louis Girodet. Portrait of Mademoiselle Lange as Danaë. 1799. Minneapolis Institute of Art. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0135/