Lot Nr.2031

"The Battle of the Amazons"

a copy after Peter Paul Rubens' famous painting, 19th century
Oil on canvas. In the centre of the painting the battle between Greeks and Amazons on a bridge with dead women warriors in the foreground. The scene is set in front of an ominous, cloudy sky backdrop and the silhouette of a city in the distance. In an elaborate, gold-bronzed plaster frame. Painting 165 x 125 cm, framed 185 x 145 cm.
In the Iliad Homer describes how the Amazons, lead by Queen Penthesilea, come to the aid of the Trojans. The Greeks ultimately defeat the Amazons, and Achilles slays their queen.
Excellent copy of a painting by Rubens (1577 - 1640), which was created in 1617 - 1618 and is today displayed at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Dramatic in composition and with a very ingenuous use of vivid colours, this painting epitomises the youthful, rebellious phase in Rubens's work.

Condition: II+

Limit: 4500 EURO

4500 EURO