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| Keywords: Francesco Solimena - The Abduction of Orithyia - Walters 371695.jpg This composition a copy of a replica of around 1730 by the great Neapolitan artist Solimena after his own earlier painting of 1701 represents a scene adapted from The Metamorphoses the famous poem on the loves of the gods by the 1st-century Roman author Ovid The north wind Boreas was in love with Orithya the daughter of the king of Athens She refused him and in anger the god abducted the frightened young woman from amid her maidens-in-waiting Flying cupids little gods of love symbolize the passion that motivated Boreas The dramatic use of flickering patches of light and shadow is characteristic of Solimena's style although the color is less intense Copies of popular compositions were avidly bought for inclusion in decorative arrangements Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 431 543 ca 1730 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 98 8 135 2 accession number 37 1695 34947 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unkonwn 1881 catalogue no 230 1897 catalogue no 454 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Flight Fantasy Faith Fact Dayton Art Institute Dayton 1953-1954 A Taste for Angels Neapolitan Painting in North America 1650-1750 Yale University Art Gallery New Haven; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City 1987-1988 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 place of origin Naples Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Francesco Solimena Paintings of Boreas abducting Oreithyia Cupid with torch Cupid with bow Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
