Mercury Orders Calypso to Allow Ulysses Depart
c. 1670
Sheet: 42.7 x 53.3 cm (16 13/16 x 21 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 61 cm (18 x 24 in.); Platemark: 35.7 x 47.9 cm (14 1/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
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In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus spends seven years captive to the nymph Calypso. Despite Calypso’s charms, Odysseus longed to return home to his family. In this composition, De Lairesse depicts the moment when the Olympian gods intervene, sending Hermes to release Odysseus from C...
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