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Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus

c. 1670

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The story

The nymph Calypso kept Odysseus on her island for seven years, yet for all her charms he longed for home. Lairesse, nicknamed the Dutch Poussin, shows Hermes swooping down on the gods' orders to free him from her embrace.

Source, Cleveland Museum of Art

Object details

Title: Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus
Artist: Gerard de Lairesse
Date: c. 1670
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit line: Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0).
Object number: EFA.0286
Original image: 3000 × 2447 px
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Gerard de Lairesse. Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus. c. 1670. Cleveland Museum of Art. Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0286/