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"The Triumph of Galatea" №21481
Art. number: 21481
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"Triumph of Galatea" is a fresco, completed around 1514 by the Italian artist Raphael for Villa Farnesina in Rome. The villa was built by banker Agostino Chigi, one of the richest in that era. Fresca is a mythological scene embellishing the open gallery of the building - a series that has never been completed and inspired by the poet Angelo Poliziano. In Greek mythology, beautiful Galatea fell in love with Acis the shepherd. Her husband, the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, sees them when she walks and kills Acis with a stone.
Raphael does not paint the major events in history. He chooses the scene in which Galatea looks surrounded by other creatures whose shapes are inspired by Michelangelo while the bright colors and decoration are supposed to be inspired by the ancient Roman painting. To the left, a Triton (half-man, half-fish) abducts a marine nymph; behind them another triton uses a trumpet like a trumpet. Galatea carries a chariot pulled by two dolphins.
While some of people see it in the model of Galateathe image of the courtesan and lover, Giorgio Vasari - the near-contemporary of Raphael, writes that "Raphael did not want Galatea to resemble any man but to embody the ideal beauty." When asked where he found a model of such beauty?, Rafael said he "used a particular model he had created in his imagination ..."
Reproduction is a high quality print on an Italian canvas with eco inks. The canvas is folded over the back to the size of 30x40, and above this size is stretched on a subframe. The picture is arranged with a luxury frame.
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