Mentor gooit Telemachus van een rots en springt hem achterna (1719 - 1775)

"Mentor gooit Telemachus van een rots en springt hem achterna" (1719 - 1775) is a work by Rienk Keyert. Context for 1719 - 1775: The Enlightenment and the habit of the Grand Tour fed a wider interest in science, travel, antiquity, and natural history, and illustrators accompanied many expeditions. The eighteenth century began with the light, ornamental Rococo, especially in France, and moved towards the clarity and antique references of Neoclassicism by the end of the century. Mythology, a short history: In European academies, history and mythological subjects ranked highest among painting genres, so they often appear on a large scale and with ambitious compositions. Mythological painting draws on stories from Greek and Roman myth, and on other traditions such as Norse, Celtic, and Hindu narrative. The catalogue places it in Mythology. The format is portrait.

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Dutch, 1709–1775

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