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Danaë

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The story

Danaë's father shut her away underground to cheat a prophecy, but Zeus slipped in as golden rain that poured through the roof. Painters from Correggio and Titian to Rembrandt and Klimt returned to the moment, already shown on Greek vases and Pompeian walls.

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Object details

Title: Danaë
Artist: Jean-François de Troy
Date: undated
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas, oval
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Private collection (sold at Sotheby's)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0592
Original image: 1596 × 1987 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Jean-François de Troy. Danaë. undated. Private collection (sold at Sotheby's). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0592/