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Galatea
Gustave Moreau painted several versions of Polyphemus and Galathea, one of the Symbolists’ favourite myths, over the course of his artistic career. The scene recreates the theme of beauty and the beast, a symbol of woman as the embodiment of a beauty that is beyond man’s reach. The version belonging to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza has been linked to an oil painting shown at the 1880 Salon, though …
Creator
- Moreau, Gustave
Publisher
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Subject
- Art
- Art
Type of item
- Work on paper
Date
- 1896
- 1896
- 1896
Creator
- Moreau, Gustave
Publisher
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Subject
- Art
- Art
Type of item
- Work on paper
Date
- 1896
- 1896
- 1896
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Rights
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Creation date
- 1896
- 1896
- 1896
Current location
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Identifier
- MTB-AW-1977.100
- 1977.100
Extent
- 37.9 x 27 cm
Format
- cardboard
- Cardboard
Language
- eng
- en
Year
- 1896
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-09-05T12:16:18.013Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-03-22T16:27:22.614Z