Portrait of Mlle. Lange as Danaë

Portrait of Mlle. Lange as Danaë

person; people; child; children; cloth; mirror; birds; coins; feathers; light; nude; wings

A nude person sits in the center of the composition, looking at a hand mirror, with one hand on the head of a nude child with wings. The child helps hold up a blue cloth filled with coins. Another nude child stands behind a large bird on the left side of the composition, slightly in the background. A multitude of things are scattered around the people, including a small white bird and a head. Light shines down on the center person.

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824)

Born: January 29, 1767 (Montargis, France)
Died: December 9, 1824 (age 57 years) (Paris, France)

10962, Visual Resources Library, EL

1799

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

Art Form: Painting
Material: oil on canvas
Measurements: 23 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.

18th century; Romanticism