Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygmalion and Galatea - Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) - Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Pygmalion and Galatea - Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: c1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 88.9 x 68.6 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 88.9 x 68.6 cm
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Painted by the renowned French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme in about 1890, the work Pygmalion and Galatea depicts an event told of in a story of Greek mythology.
The tale of Pygmalion and Galatea is most famously told in Ovid's Metamorphoses, where the Cypriot sculptor, Pygmalion, creates a beautiful statue and falls in love with it. Praying to Venus (Aphrodite), the goddess heard his prayer and has the sculpture come to life. Later versions of the myth gives the sculpture a name, Galatea. More information about Pygmalion and Galatea can be found here - (website opens in new window) Jean-Léon Gérôme |
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Born: 11 May, 1824; Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France
Died: 10 January, 1904: Paris
Nationality: French
Art Movement: Academicism
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Died: 10 January, 1904: Paris
Nationality: French
Art Movement: Academicism
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