![]() ![]() If you are interested to know more, you might be interested to read the catalogue of the 2018/19 Pure Rubens exhibition. According to a more elaborate version of the scene that also depicts an altar for offerings, the two horns are indeed meant as cornucopia. The two roosters seem to echo the fight between the two men. According to Homer, the Hector's body was pulled around the city walls by horses, so hence the white horse and the chart. The small cherubs in the sky accompany her. This painting is from a series about the Greek mythological figure Achilles, and here Achilles takes part in the Trojan war by killing Hector, the son of the Trojan king Priamus, with the help of the goddess Athens. Is there a story he wants to tell with those details?ĭear Loran, yes, probably all details that Rubens depicts have a role in the story. And two horns (cornucopia?) with hair coming out of it. ![]() Kind regards, ElsĬan you say something about the symbolism that Rubens likes to use? Why did he put angels on the top? Is there a reason for the white horses on the left? In the finished painting there are two roosters fighting on the bottom. It is renaissance because of the subject that is painted (a scene from classical mythology) and because of the virtuosity in the way the painter pictured the human figures. This means 're-birth' and refers to the renewed interest in classical culture (after a period in which artists only worked in the service of the church and God). Hello Chris, Yes when you would need to position this painting in a period, it would be 'renaissance'. At the time The Death of Hector was painted, the workshop was in the centre of the city. Dear Josh, After his studies and trip to Italy, Rubens settled in Antwerp in 1608, where he was at the head of a large workshop with lots of staff, assistants and students. ![]()
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