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Danaë

c. 1900

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The story

Warned that his grandson would kill him, King Acrisius shut his daughter Danaë in a bronze chamber underground. Zeus reached her anyway as a rain of gold streaming through the roof, and she bore Perseus, who years later killed Acrisius by accident.

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Object details

Title: Danaë
Artist: Carolus-Duran
Date: c. 1900
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0309
Original image: 1600 × 1254 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Carolus-Duran. Danaë. c. 1900. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0309/