Swedish Academic portraitist painted such luminaries as Marie Antoinette and George Washington. “Danae and the Shower of Gold”, Wertmüller’s masterpiece, caused a scandal when it was exhibited in the new country of America. “Danae” depicts the Greek legend of the impregnation of the maiden by Zeus with a precipitation of gold, resulting in the hero Perseus’s birth. A Mixed-Media painting.
Classical Interior Design, Adolf Ulrik Wertmuller PaintingAdolf Ulrik Wertmüller Swedish (1751 - 1811) |
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Swedish Academic portraitist painted such luminaries as Marie Antoinette and George Washington. “Danae and the Shower of Gold”, Wertmüller’s masterpiece, caused a scandal when it was exhibited in the new country of America. “Danae” depicts the Greek legend of the impregnation of the maiden by Zeus with a precipitation of gold, resulting in the hero Perseus’s birth. A Mixed-Media painting. |
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