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''Danaë'' is a 1631–1633 oil on canvas painting by French artist
''Danaë''
this one part of the Suida-Manning Collection acquired in 1998 by the Blanton Art Museum 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 (the wife of
''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 Blanchard ...
, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon (, ) is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Lyon. Located near the Place des Terreaux, it is housed in a former Benedictine convent which was active during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was res ...
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 Acr ...
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 Jupiter mass, mass more than 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined a ...
in the form of a shower of gold, a union that results in the birth of Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (, ; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of ...
.
Blanchard is also thought to have painted anothe''Danaë''
this one part of the Suida-Manning Collection acquired in 1998 by the Blanton Art Museum 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 (the wife of
Simon Vouet
Simon Vouet (; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and ...
) 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.
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*''Jacques Blanchard'', catalogue exposition Rennes 6 mars au 8 juin 1998 Jacques Thuillier 1630s paintings French paintings Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Blanchard Nude paintings of women Nude paintings of children {{1630s-painting-stub