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| Keywords: Stefano Pozzi - The Abduction of Deianira - Walters 371836.jpg In a popular story involving the loves of the gods from Greco-Roman mythology the centaur Nessus escapes through the Euenus River with the abducted Deianira the wife of Hercules who comes to her rescue Clad in a lion's skin he is about to shoot the arrow which will kill the centaur The cupid with a torch symbolizes the amorous passions that motivated Nessus The old man with the urn gushing water is the river-god Euenus and the attending women are nymphs spirits of the water The oval painting field indicates that the painting was to be set into a larger framework and indeed Pozzi was primarily known for his decorative ensembles Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 414 525-526 ca 1730 1767 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 42 2 64 7 accession number 37 1836 34461 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 794 as Nicolas Poussin Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Stefano Pozzi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Cupid with torch Cupid with other mythological figures | ||||
