Circe Punishes Glaucus by Turning Scylla into a Monster
1695
- Medium
- canvas
- Dimensions
- 64 × 53.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-116166
The unsightly, but good-natured sea god Glaucus was in love with Scylla, but this was unrequited. To win her over, he sought the help of the sorceress Circe. This was a mistake, for Circe was herself in love with him. In a fit of rage, she changed poor Scylla into a monster. Van der Neer set the story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses in sinister surroundings. Gesturing theatrically, the sorceress performs her vengeful deed.
Provenance
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, the G.H. Sant Bequest and the ministerie van WVC
Registry history
- 1695 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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