Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Theseus is recognized by his father Aegeas
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Pelagio Palagi (Italian painter, 1775-1860)
Location:
repository: Palazzo Comunale, Collezioni Comunali d'Arte (Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo d’Accursio; Piazza Maggiore 6
GPS:
44.494167 11.341389
Date:
ca. 1813-1815 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Neoclassical; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
cycles or series; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical)
Description:
Palagi’s more lyrical, sentimental style was allied to the Bolognese school and to such artists as Guido Reni. While in Rome (1806-1815) he was influenced by the work of Ingres. His early academic style, with its tendency towards Neo-classical subjects and formulae, is exemplified by paintings such as this one. In 1813-1815 he frescoed a room, the Galleria di Teseo, in the Palazzo Torlonia (destroyed 1888) with the assistance of Francesco Hayez with scenes from the life of Theseus; this painting is a study for one of the scenes. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-PALG-PC-TRA-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Theseus is recognized by his father Aegeas