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Atalanta and Hippomenes

c. 1680

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The story

Atalanta raced her suitors and lost only when Hippomenes dropped golden apples that Venus had given him. Colombel set the pair in an elaborate landscape and added a winged Cupid to hint at what the race would win.

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Object details

Title: Atalanta and Hippomenes
Artist: Nicolas Colombel
Date: c. 1680
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Liechtenstein, The Princely Collections, Vienna
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1202
Original image: 2000 × 2224 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Nicolas Colombel. Atalanta and Hippomenes. c. 1680. Liechtenstein, The Princely Collections, Vienna. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1202/