Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus
c. 1670
Gerard de Lairesse
Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641–1711)
European Painting and Sculpture
Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus, c. 1670. Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641–1711). Oil on canvas; framed: 118.5 x 140 x 9 cm (46 5/8 x 55 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 91.4 x 113.7 cm (36 x 44 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1992.2 Calypso, reclining on her bed, looks at us with the same charming smile she used on Odysseus.
- Maker/Artist
- Lairesse, Gérard de
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 118.5 x 140 x 9 cm (46 5/8 x 55 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 91.4 x 113.7 cm (36 x 44 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1992.2
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Selected Acquisitions, Exhib.: CMA 1993: "Selected Acquisitions," Bull., 80 (Feb., 1993), p. 55, repr.<br>MFA Boston, 1993: "The Age of Rubens," cat. no. 132, repr. (also to: Toledo (OH), Museum of Art)<br>Approved: Trustees' Minutes 12/7/1992, Selected Acquisitions, CMA, January 28-April 26, 1992: (The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art, February 1993, cat. no. 23, repr.)<br>The Age of Rubens, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, September 22, 1993-January 2, 1994; Toledo Museum of Art, February 2-April 24, 1994:cat. no. 132, repr.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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