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Description: | In the early nineteenth century, this painting was used to settle a debt owed to a Liverpool gentleman. At that time it was believed to be by the famous Spanish painter Murillo. However, this pious artist did not paint mythology; the style is also closer to Italian examples. The painting shows the Roman god Apollo killing the giant serpent called Python or Delphyne which protected an oracle but terrorised the local people. The painter has used the reactions of these people to help guide our responses of fear and hope as we watch the young boy test his divine abilities for the first time. | Subjects: | mythology (Apollo Delphyne); figure; landscape Python | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian School Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Murillo, Bartolomé Estebán (Spanish painter and draftsman, 1618-1682) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8316... | Go to resource |
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