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Cimon and Iphigenia

1698

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The story

In Boccaccio's Decameron, Cimon, the seemingly simple son of a rich Cypriot, is transformed when he comes upon Iphigenia asleep by a fountain. Van Mieris set the encounter in a landscape in the manner of Poussin or Claude, while staying true to Boccaccio's details.

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Object details

Title: Cimon and Iphigenia
Artist: Willem van Mieris
Date: 1698
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on panel
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1235
Original image: 1920 × 1521 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Willem van Mieris. Cimon and Iphigenia. 1698. Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1235/