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Atalanta and Hippomenes

c. 1618–1619

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The story

Ovid's Atalanta outran every suitor until Hippomenes slowed her by dropping golden apples given him by Venus. Reni strips away extraneous detail to concentrate on the two runners, their limbs and hands echoing each other across the canvas.

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Object details

Title: Atalanta and Hippomenes
Artist: Guido Reni
Date: c. 1618–1619
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1199
Original image: 2952 × 2146 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Guido Reni. Atalanta and Hippomenes. c. 1618–1619. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1199/