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Summary
Salvator Rosa : The Torture of Prometheus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q359421
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Title |
Español:
La tortura de Prometeo
English:
The Torture of Prometheus
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Description |
Prometheus, a figure from classical mythology, lies supine, chained to a rock in the Caucasus. The brutality of the torture appears in his straining limbs and contorted features. One of his hands is clenched, the other opened wide, and his tendons are almost bursting from his wrist: his outspread legs are both tensed. His belly has been ripped open, revealing a fragment of human anatomy. Here the eagle is shown devouring his intestine, though the myth actually speaks of his liver, which grew again every day, so becoming a daily meal and endless torture. The figure is identified as Prometheus by the torch burning in the bottom right-hand corner, by which the Titan had bestowed the gift of fire on humanity. The eagle, attributed to Zeus, becomes the instrument of the vengeance of the father of the gods. The torment of Prometheus is a theme in which figurative issues, bound up with the correct representation of the passions (such as pain, wonder, death and madness) are entwined with philosophical and literary motifs that were congenial to Salvator Rosa’s many-sided spirit. |
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Date | circa 1646-1648 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 224 cm (88.1 in); width: 179 cm (70.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,224U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,179U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q3757768
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Accession number |
484
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Source/Photographer | Galleria Corsini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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