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Pallas and Arachne (German: Pallas und Arachne), also known as Minerva Punishing Arachne and occasionally referred to as Arachne Punished by Pallas, is an oil-on-board oil study by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens completed in 1636 or 1637.
Arachne (/ ə ˈ r æ k n iː /; from Ancient Greek: Ἀράχνη, romanized: Arákhnē, lit. 'spider', cognate with Latin araneus ) [ 1 ] is the protagonist of a tale in Greek mythology known primarily from the version told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), which is the earliest extant source for the story. [ 2 ]
It is also known by the title The Fable of Arachne. Most scholars regard it as a late work by the artist, dating from 1657-58, but some argue that it was done c. 1644-48. [1] Velázquez scholar Jonathan Brown writes that Las Hilanderas and Las Meninas are arguably Velázquez's "two greatest paintings.... [T]hey are the largest, most complicated ...
Pallas and Arachne; Pallas and the Centaur; Pandora (painting) The Parisian Sphinx; The Parnassus; Persephone (painting) Polyphemus (Sebastiano del Piombo) Prometheus (Orozco) Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan; Prometheus Bound (Rubens) Prometheus Bound (Thomas Cole) Psamathe (Leighton) The Psyché (My Studio) Psyche Abandoned (painting)
Pallas and Arachne; Pallas Athena (Rembrandt) W. Woodstock Mural This page was last edited on 12 December 2017, at 16:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Pallas and Arachne; Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu; R. The Recovery of Bahía de Todos los Santos; The Repentant Magdalene (Cagnacci) Resurrection (Cecco del Caravaggio)
Pallas and Arachne; Pietà (Ribera, Naples) A Polish Nobleman; The Preacher Eleazar Swalmius; The Prodigal Son in the Brothel; S. Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre ...
Pallas received Paralia [3] or Diacria [4] as his domain, or else he shared the power over several demes with Aegeus. [5] Later, after the death of Aegeas , Pallas tried to take the throne from the rightful heir, his nephew, Theseus , but failed and was killed by him, [ 6 ] and so were his fifty children, the Pallantides .