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Son of Hermes and Aphrodite, Hermaphrodite was a singularly handsome youth. According to Ovid (Metamorphoses 4, 285 ff.) Salmacis, the nymph from a lake in Caria, was enthralled by his beauty and pass [+]
This cast-bronze work is based on a late-Hellenistic work in the Borghese Collection in Rome, only differing in the face. It was commissioned by Velázquez and cast in 1652 for Felipe IV. Like H [+]
The table O00542 is supported by four bronze lions O00453, O02938, O02939, and O02940 that Velazquez commissioned from Matteo Bonuccelli during the painter´s second trip to Rome (1649-1651). The [+]
The table O00542 is supported by four bronze lions O00453, O02938, O02939, and O02940 that Velazquez commissioned from Matteo Bonuccelli during the painter´s second trip to Rome (1649-1651). The [+]
The table O00542 is supported by four bronze lions O00453, O02938, O02939, and O02940 that Velazquez commissioned from Matteo Bonuccelli during the painter´s second trip to Rome (1649-1651). The [+]
The table O00448 is supported by four bronze lions (O02942, O02943), three of them commissioned by Velazquez in Italy in 1651. The fourth lion of this table is a bronze copy made in 2004 to replace th [+]
The table O00542 is supported by four bronze lions O00453, O02938, O02939, and O02940 that Velazquez commissioned from Matteo Bonuccelli during the painter´s second trip to Rome (1649-1651). The [+]
The table O00448 is supported by four bronze lions (O02942, O02943), three of them commissioned by Velazquez in Italy in 1651. The fourth lion of this table is a bronze copy made in 2004 to replace th [+]
The table O00448 is supported by four bronze lions (O02942, O02943), three of them commissioned by Velazquez in Italy in 1651. The fourth lion of this table is a bronze copy made in 2004 to replace th [+]
