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Description: | This work is one of a group of five paintings depicting exemplary scenes of female love and chastity from classical mythology and the Bible. Referring to these pictures in 1826, J.H. Druery, author of Historical Notices of Great Yarmouth, wrote: 'In elegance of design, chastity of colouring, anatomical correctness and superior execution, the Herringfleet collection of pictures by this master may justly be termed the Vander Myn Gallery.' | Subjects: | mythology (Danaë); allegory | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Myn, Herman van der (Dutch painter, 1684-1741) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8652... | Go to resource |
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