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Danaë (Orazio Gentileschi)

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for her, on a white mattress over which lies a golden blanket. Although the figure is quite sensual (the woman is covered only by a transparent veil in the pubic area), Orazio Gentileschi painted her with such grace and moderation as not to make the scene descend into the vulgar: Danae remains a chaste figure who accepts her ineluctable fate. It is a completely different Danae from the consenting one painted by Titian, today in the Capodimonte museum in Naples, which Orazio may have seen in Rome, when it was exhibited in Palazzo Farnese. The painting knows how to combine the Caravaggesque naturalism that influenced Gentileschi's previous works with the Tuscan lyricism that he later developed.
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The arrival of Zeus is foretold by Eros, who pulls aside a dark green curtain to let the golden rain fall. Gentileschi manages to blend the movement and dynamism of gold coins and falling ribbons with the serenity of Danae's sculptural physicality and classic charm. Danae is lying on her bed waiting
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painting to be offered for sale in decades, and purchased for US$ 30,500,000 by the Getty. It is to be hung alongside Gentileschi's
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naturalism that influenced Gentileschi's earlier work with the Tuscan lyricism he later developed.
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who had invited Gentileschi to Genoa. Gentileschi painted a number of works for Sauli besides the
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By whom sold on 2 October 1998 to a family trust, the present consignor.
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New York on 28 January 2016. It was the most important
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Commissioned in 1621 by Giovanni Antonio Sauli, Genoa;
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was born. The myth is regarded as a forerunner of the
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Orazio Gentileschi
oil on canvas
Orazio Gentileschi
Italian Baroque
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles
Giovanni Antonio Sauli
Lot and his Daughters
Caravaggesque

ancient Greek
Danaë
Zeus
Danaë
Perseus
Christian
Annunciation
Christ
Artemisia Gentileschi
Sotheby's
Baroque
List of works by Orazio Gentileschi



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