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Prometheus Bound is an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish Baroque artist from Antwerp. [1] Influenced by the Greek play, Prometheus: The Friend of Man, Peter Paul Rubens completed this painting in his studio with collaboration from Frans Snyders, who rendered the eagle.
Prometheus Bound. Date: Begun c. 1611-1612, completed by 1618. Artists: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish (active Italy, Antwerp, and England), 1577–1640) , and Frans Snyders (Flemish (active Antwerp), 1579–1657) Medium: Oil on canvas.
Dec 15, 2023 · 15 vivid works of art bring the horrifying story of the Titan Prometheus to life through Aeschylus’s tragedy, Prometheus Bound.
Prometheus Bound, 1611-1612 by Peter Paul Rubens. PROMETHEUS writhes in agony as a huge eagle, talons gripping his head and groin, devours his liver. The hero's nude body, powerfully muscled and steeply foreshortened, is chained at the wrist to the rock.
Description: The eagle was painted by Snyders. Artist/Maker: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (active Italy, Antwerp, and England), 1577 - 1640, and Frans Snyders, Flemish (active Antwerp), 1579 -...
Nov 3, 1996 · Explore Prometheus Bound, which Peter Paul Rubens considered one of his most important works.
Prometheus Bound is painted in the Baroque style. Much of Rubens’ work was inspired by religious themes, but the inspiration for this painting is the story of the Titan, Prometheus, from Greek mythology. The painting depicts a prostrate and naked Prometheus chained to a rock beneath a large tree.
