Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.20.192.17

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MMA_.20.192.17

AMICA ID

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AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

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Object Type:

Architecture

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Architecture

Object Type

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Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Roman

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European; Southern European; Roman

Creator Nationality

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Creator Name-CRT:

Roman

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Roman

Creator Name-CRT

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Title:

Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape

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Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape

Title

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Title Type:

Object name

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Object name

Title Type

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

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Creation Date:

ca. 31 B.C.-A.D. 50

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ca. 31 B.C.-A.D. 50

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

-31

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-31

Creation Start Date

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Creation End Date:

50

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50

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

Fresco

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Fresco

Materials and Techniques

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Classification Term:

Miscellaneous-Paintings

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Miscellaneous-Paintings

Classification Term

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Dimensions:

H. 73 3/4 in. (187.33 cm)

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H. 73 3/4 in. (187.33 cm)

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AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

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Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

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ID Number:

20.192.17

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20.192.17

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Rogers Fund, 1920

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Rogers Fund, 1920

Credit Line

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Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

This fresco once decorated the west wall of bedroom 19, the Mythological Room, in the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase. Third-Style Roman bedrooms were often adorned with mythological scenes that apparently imitated the framed paintings that hung in Roman houses. This example shows the Cyclops Polyphemus as the unsuccessful suitor of the lovely sea nymph Galatea, who rides a dolphin at the lower left. Polyphemus is seated in the center of a rocky outcrop, professing his desire for Galatea with a melody on his panpipe, but to no avail. As told by Ovid, Galatea hid with her lover Acis, the son of Pan, while she listened to the Cyclop's song, but he discovered them and rose in rage, crushing Acis under a boulder as he tried to escape.

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<P>This fresco once decorated the west wall of bedroom 19, the Mythological Room, in the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase. Third-Style Roman bedrooms were often adorned with mythological scenes that apparently imitated the framed paintings that hung in Roman houses. This example shows the Cyclops Polyphemus as the unsuccessful suitor of the lovely sea nymph Galatea, who rides a dolphin at the lower left. Polyphemus is seated in the center of a rocky outcrop, professing his desire for Galatea with a melody on his panpipe, but to no avail. As told by Ovid, Galatea hid with her lover Acis, the son of Pan, while she listened to the Cyclop's song, but he discovered them and rose in rage, crushing Acis under a boulder as he tried to escape.</P>

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