The story of Dryope : a rare subject from Ovid's Metamorphoses

Author

Sdunnus, Ursula

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 1990, Vol. 53, p. 312-315, 7 ill.

ISSN

0075-4390

Abstract (en)

Identifies the subject of a painting attributed to Andrea Locatelli (location unknown). The picture which was sold at Christie's (London, 19 May 1989) as An Extensive Italianate River Landscape with a Nymph Plucking a Branch from a Bleeding Tree is here shown to represent The Metamorphosis of Dryope. Author briefly traces the pictorial tradition of this subject which is sometimes confused with the Birth of Adonis.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Locatelli, Andrea, 1695-1741
• Painting
• Metamorphosis of Dryope
• Italy
• 1700-1800
• Dryope
• Adonis
• Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), 43 B.C.-ca.17 A.D.
• Metamorphoses
• Poetry

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Locatelli, Andrea, 1695-1741
• Peinture
• Métamorphose de Dryopé
• Italie
• 1700-1800
• Dryopé
• Adonis
• Ovide (Publius Ovidius Naso), 43 av. J.C.-v.17 ap. J.C.
• Métamorphoses
• Poésie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00423147

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