Pablo PicassoSpanish, 1881–1973Danae
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Where is “Danae” now? Collection: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Whether it is on view today is unknown.
New Haven, United States
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Picasso’s deformation of the nude in his illustrations for Ovid’s tales in Les metamorphoses continued to inform his work, as in this later depiction of Danaë. In Greek mythology, Danaë was the daughter of a king who, having been told by an oracle that his daughter’s son would kill him, imprisoned the then-childless Danaë in a bronze tower. Zeus came to the captive Danaë and impregnated her in the form of a golden rain.
Yale University Art Gallery
Details
- Accession number
- 1969.60.14
In the catalog
Sources
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Image: Yale University Art Gallery — Image: Yale University Art Gallery · In Copyright
In the life of Pablo Picasso
The whole life1958–1961 · Residence
Château of Vauvenargues
2 March 1961
Married: Jacqueline Roque
1961–1973 · Residence
Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins
1962 · Award
Lenin Peace Prize
28 June 1964 – 6 October 1964
Exhibition: Documenta III
