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Prometheus Bound is an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish Baroque artist from Antwerp. 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.
- Begun c. 1611-1612, completed by 1618
- Prometheus Bound
- Oil on canvas
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.
Oct 14, 2023 · Prometheus Bound from Peter Paul Rubens is a mythological painting now on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, USA. Rubens had several paintings in his career where he would begin work on them before taking a long break of several years and then returning to complete them.
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Prometheus Bound is a painting by the Flemish painter, Peter Paul Rubens. The painting was done using oil paints on canvas. The artist began the painting in 1611 or 1612, and finished it before 1618. The painting measures 95.67 by 82.68 inches. It is currently in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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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 -...
