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Jupiter and Thetis

History, Religious and Mythological Paintings

Jupiter and Thetis is an 1811 neoclassical painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, completed before he turned thirty-one and held today at the Musee Granet in Aix-en-Provence. It depicts a scene from Homer's Iliad in which the sea nymph Thetis begs Jupiter to intervene on behalf of her son Achilles during the Trojan War, contrasting the towering, cloud-borne figure of the god with the small, kneeling figure of Thetis below him. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1811 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Musee Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France 1
Height (metres)
3.4703 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
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1. Jupiter and Thetis (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, year
    1811
  • Infobox, medium
    oil on canvas
  • Infobox, location
    Musee Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France
  • Infobox, dimensions
    347.03 cm
  • Genre reference
    Jupiter and Thetis is an 1811 neoclassical painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, completed before he turned thirty-one and held today at the Musee Granet in Aix-en-Provence.
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