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Francesco Solimena: The Abduction of Orithyia  wikidata:Q18748495 reasonator:Q18748495
Artist
Manner of Francesco Solimena  (1657–1747)  wikidata:Q736065
 
Manner of Francesco Solimena
Alternative names
Birth name: L' Abate Ciccio
Description Italian painter and architect
Date of birth/death 4 October 1657 Edit this at Wikidata 3 April 1747 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Canale di Serino bei Avellino (Kampanien) Barra bei Neapel
Work period Baroque era
Work location
Naples, Monte Cassino, Rome
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1777,Q736065
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Abduction of Orithyia
label QS:Len,"The Abduction of Orithyia"
label QS:Lde,"die Entführung der Orithyia"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: This composition, a copy of a replica of around 1730 by the great Neapolitan artist Solimena after his own earlier painting of 1701, represents a scene adapted from "The Metamorphoses," the famous poem on the loves of the gods by the 1st-century Roman author Ovid. The north wind Boreas was in love with Orithya, the daughter of the king of Athens. She refused him, and, in anger, the god abducted the frightened young woman from amid her maidens-in-waiting. Flying cupids (little gods of love) symbolize the passion that motivated Boreas. The dramatic use of flickering patches of light and shadow is characteristic of Solimena's style although the color is less intense. Copies of popular compositions were avidly bought for inclusion in decorative arrangements.
Date circa 1730
date QS:P571,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
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Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions Painted surface height: 98.8 cm (38.8 in); width: 135.2 cm (53.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,98.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,135.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.1695
Place of creation Naples, Italy
Object history
Exhibition history Flight, Fantasy, Faith, Fact. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 1953-1954. A Taste for Angels: Neapolitan Painting in North America, 1650-1750. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. 1987-1988. Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995-1996.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
References Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 431 , pp. 543 OCLC: 2463997.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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