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''Danaë'' is a 1631–1633 oil on canvas painting by French artist
this one part of the William Suida, Suida-Manning Collection acquired in 1998 by the
''Danaë'' is a 1631–1633 oil on canvas painting by French artist Jacques Blanchard
Jacques Blanchard (1600–1638), also known as Jacques Blanchart, was a French baroque painter who was born in Paris. He was raised and taught by his uncle, the painter (ca. 1560–1630). Jacques’s brother and son, Jean-Baptiste Blanchar ...
, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon in France. It shows Danaë
In Greek mythology, Danaë (, ; ; , ) was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus. She was credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium during the Bronze Age.
Family
Danae was the daughter and only child of King Acris ...
receiving Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but ...
in the form of a shower of gold, a union that results in the birth of Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (Help:IPA/English, /ˈpɜːrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus ...
.
Blanchard is also thought to have painted anothethis one part of the William Suida, Suida-Manning Collection acquired in 1998 by the
Blanton Art Museum
The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (often referred to as the Blanton or the BMA) at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent coll ...
in Austin, Texas. The attribution was made after a restoration of the painting c. 2012 uncovered a previously painted-over putto and an image of Jupiter, which not only identified the mythological subject, but bore stylistic markers of Blanchard's work. In 1992, art historian William R. Crelly had suggested that Virginia da Vezzo
Virginia Vezzi, sometimes given as Virginia da Vezzo (1600–1638), was an Italian painter, and the wife of French painter Simon Vouet.
Life in Italy
Virginia Vezzi was born in Velletri on 24 June 1600 to Plinia Ferri, a midwife, and Pompeo Vez ...
(the wife of Simon Vouet) painted the Blanton ''Danaë''.Crelly, William R. "Marcello Giovanetti: Sonnets et tableaux" in ''Simon Vouet: Actes du colloque international Galeries nationales du Grand Palais 5-6-7 février 1991'', edited by Stéphane Loire, Paris: La Documentation Française, 1992, pp. 178-9. Even after the restoration, as recently as 2013, art historian Guillaume Kazerouni has disputed the Blanchard attribution and repeated the suggestion that the Blanton ''Danaë'' may be the work of Virginia da Vezzo.
References
Bibliography
*''Jacques Blanchard'', catalogue exposition Rennes 6 mars au 8 juin 1998 Jacques Thuillier {{17C-painting-stub category:1630s paintings category:French paintings Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts of LyonBlanchard
Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word ''blanchart'' which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, ...
category:Nude art
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