Mercury Orders Calypso to Allow Ulysses Depart
c. 1670
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 35.7 × 47.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-213618
In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus spends seven years captive to the nymph Calypso. Despite Calypso’s charms, Odysseus longed to return home to his family. In this composition, De Lairesse depicts the moment when the Olympian gods intervene, sending Hermes to release Odysseus from Calypso’s captivity. The Dutch De Lairesse brought French artistic taste to the Netherlands, reflected here in the firmly modeled, idealized figures and classical architecture.
Provenance
Bergquist in Loving Memory of Katherine Lee Reid, 2023.210
Registry history
- c. 1670 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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