Detail View: The AMICA Library: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.20.192.17
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Architecture
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Roman
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Roman
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Title:
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Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 31 B.C.-A.D. 50
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Creation Start Date:
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-31
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Creation End Date:
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50
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Materials and Techniques:
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Fresco
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Classification Term:
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Miscellaneous-Paintings
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Dimensions:
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H. 73 3/4 in. (187.33 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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20.192.17
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Credit Line:
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Rogers Fund, 1920
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Rights:
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Context:
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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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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.gr20.192.17.R.tif
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