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| Keywords: Arnold Böcklin - Odysseus und Polyphemus (1896).jpg Artwork Q20537891 Creator Arnold Böcklin Odysseus Böcklin ™s original training as a landscape painter shines through in this unconventional interpretation of an episode from the ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey Crashing waves meet jagged rocks in a spray and scurry of foam Escaping from the island of the Cyclopes ”one-eyed ill-tempered giants ”the hero Odysseus calls back to the shore taunting the Cyclops Polyphemus who heaves a boulder after the boat Unlike Academic colleagues who treated ancient mythology with reverence and solemnity Böcklin often played up strange grotesque and even ridiculous elements of these stories conjuring a pre-Classical world governed by violence and lust 1896 Technique oil tempera panel cm 66 150 Institution Museum of Fine Arts Boston object history A von der Mühll-Bachofen Basel acquired in 1896 <br/>Mrs A von der Mühll-Bachofen Basel widow of the above by 1927 <br/>Mrs Fürstenberger-von der Mühll Rheinfelden by descent from the above by 1938 <br/>Kunsthandlung Schulthess Basel<br/>Private Collection Arlesheim near Basel by 1968 <br/>Acquired by the late owner circa 2000<br/>sold at Sotheby's London 11 June 2012 lot 8 credit line Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Gift of Laurence K and Lorna J Marshall exhibition history Basel Kunsthalle Böcklin-Jubiläums-Ausstellung 1897 no 84<br/>Basel Kunsthalle Böcklin-Ausstellung 1917 no 123<br/>Basel Kunsthalle Böcklin Ausstellung zum Gedächtnis an seinen 50 Todestag 1951 no 121<br/>Basel Kunsthalle Arnold Böcklin Gemälde Zeichnungen Plastiken Ausstellung zum 150 Geburtstag 1977 no 195<br/>Darmstadt Mathildenhöhe Arnold Böcklin Ausstellung zum 150 Geburtstag 1977 no 81 AB 1896 ~ lower left monogram and date accession number 2012 626 5AEL9TzTNMe8IA 128px PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT Bocklin Arnold; 1896 Odysseus and Polyphemus; Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1890s paintings by Arnold Böcklin Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Odysseus and Polyphemus Odysseus in paintings 1896 paintings Google Art Project works by Arnold Böcklin Google Art Project works in Museum of Fine Arts Boston | ||||
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