Titian executed the so-called Poesias, commissioned by Philip II. Several mythological scenes, with a deeply erotic content, which are now in various museums in Madrid, London, Edinburgh and Boston. The one in the Hermitage does not appear to be part of this cycle, but it is very similar, with other Danaes by Titian in London (Wellington Collection) and Naples (Museo di Capodimonte)
Collection: Images
Project: 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe.
Chronology: XVI
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on canvas (120 x 187 cm)
Source: Museo del Hermitage (San Petersburgo)
Language: Russian
Date: c. 1554
Owner: Raimundo A. Rodríguez Pérez (Modernalia)
Identifier: ГЭ-121
Copyright: Museo del Hermitage (San Petersburgo)
Abstract: Cultural history
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