Great neoclassical Italian painting of the first half of the nineteenth century. Oil work on canvas depicting a mythological subject with a great charm, wounded threads. Famous Greek archer, he owned the arrows and the arch of Heracles, donated to him by Heracles himself who wanted to thank him for having set the fire to his pira. In the expedition against Troia Filottete, he led a contingent of seven ships, but never came to his destination, because during a stopover on the island of Lemno, he was bitten by a poisonous snake in the foot. The work of considerable pictorial quality attributable to a contemporary follower of Francesco Hayez, as the picture is inspired by the prototype of the great master painted in 1820 and today exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna. Beautiful coeval frame in finely carved and golden wood, with small passepartout, of great decoration. Work already restored with Rintelo, replacement of the frame and color recovery in small points. Overall in good conservative state, with some signs of time. Painted light H 108.5 x L 79 cm.
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PLATINUM Seller in Cuneo, Italy
