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Odysseus and Polyphemus

Odysseus and Polyphemus
Odysseus and Polyphemus - Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Odysseus and Polyphemus - Arnold Böcklin  (1827–1901) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Date: 1896
Medium: Oil and tempera on panel
Dimensions: 66.0 x 150.0 cm
Painting using oil and tempera, Arnold Bocklin's work, Odysseus and Polyphemus, depicts a famous scene from Greek mythology. 

Odysseus and Polyphemus shows the escape of Odysseus and his men from the island of Polyphemus. Polyphemus stands above the ship, throwing rocks, but the cyclops has been blinded by Odysseus, and is throwing in hope.

Rashly though, when out of range, Odysseus reveals his true name, and the prayers of Polyphemus see further troubles inflicted upon Odysseus by Polyphemus' father, Poseidon. 

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Arnold Bocklin

Born: 16 October 1827; Basel, Switzerland
Died: 16 January 1901; Fiesole, Italy
Nationality: Swiss
Art Movement: Symbolism
Painting School:  Düsseldorf school of painting​

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  • Artists
    • Jan Cossiers
    • Herbert James Draper
    • Jacob Jordaens
    • Peter Paul Rubens
    • Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder
    • Titian
    • John William Waterhouse
  • Museums
    • The National Gallery >
      • Artemis and Callisto (Titian)
      • Judgement of Paris (Rubens)
      • Leda and the Swan (After Michelangelo)
      • Death of Actaeon (Titian)
      • Pan and Syrinx (Boucher)
      • Diana and Callisto (Bril)
      • Bacchus and Ariadne (Titian)
    • Prado >
      • Meleager and Atalanta (Jordaens)
      • The Three Graces (Rubens)
      • Deucalion and Pyrrha (Rubens)
      • Sisyphus (Titian)
      • Punishment of Tythus (Titian)
      • Briseis given back to Achilles by Nestor (Rubens)
      • Narcissus (Cossiers)
      • Cadmus and Minerva (Jordaens)
      • Prometheus Carrying Fire (Cossiers)
      • Jupiter and Lycaon (Cossiers)
      • Orpheus and Eurydice (Rubens)
      • The Fall of Icarus (Gowy)
    • Musee d'Orsay >
      • Sarpedon (Levy)
    • The Louvre >
      • The Three Graces (Regnault)
      • The Abduction of Ganymede by Zeus (Le Sueur)
      • The Race between Hippomenes and Atalanta (Halle)
      • Ixion, King of the Lapiths, Deceived by Juno, Who He Wished to Seduce (Rubens)
      • Phaedra and Hippolytus (Guerin)
    • The Hermitage >
      • Feast of the Gods (Rottenhammer)
      • The Three Graces (Furini)
      • Helen Recognising Telemachus (Lagrenee)
  • Subjects
    • The Three Graces
    • Ganymede
    • Hylas and the Nymphs
    • Glaucus and Scylla
    • Prometheus
  • Index