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Description: | This female nude, seen from the rear, at three-quarter length, is a copy by William Etty of the sea-nymph pictured in the lower right of The Arrival of Maria de Medici in the Harbour of Marseille, painted by Rubens (1622-5) as part of an allegorical cycle representing the life of Maria de Medici (Louvre). Etty saw Rubens' large painting in the Louvre in 1824 after his return from Italy. Etty's partial copy, focusing on the nymph, reveals his interest in the female nude and his appreciation of Rubens' ability to render flesh on the muscular structure. | Subjects: | mythology | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Etty, William (English painter, 1787-1849) Æ After Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8476... | Go to resource |
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