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Penelope Unraveling Her Web, 1783-4 (oil on canvas)

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Penelope Unraveling Her Web, 1783-4 (oil on canvas)
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Wright of Derby, Joseph (1734-97) / English
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Location
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
1783 AD - 1784 AD (C18th AD)
Dimensions
106x131.4 cms
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Josiah Wedgwood commissioned this as a tribute to female loyalty and industry. In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope, awaiting the return of her husband Odysseus from the Trojan War, was beset by suitors who claimed he had been shipwrecked. She promised to marry when she completed a shroud for her father-in-law. Steadfastly loyal, Penelope unraveled her weaving at the end of each day. Their son Telemachus sleeps beside a statue of his father.

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art / mythology / chiaroscuro / Wright of Derby Joseph (1734-97) / 18th century / England / United Kingdom / Europe / painter / artist / night / mythology / moonlight / epic / greek / hero / dark / wife / shroud / romanticism / georgian / telemachus / thread / ulysses / sleeping / classical / poem / trojan war / son / romantic / unravelling / myth / shade / odyssey / painting / statue / odysseus / homer / Painting / Mzpainting

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