Frontier, Jean Charles1701–1763Prométhée attaché sur le Caucase
Can I see it?
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Where is “Prométhée attaché sur le Caucase” now? Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris. Unknown.
Musée du Louvre
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Vulcan Chaining Prometheus is a 1744 oil on canvas painting by Jean-Charles Frontier, produced as his reception piece for the Académie Royale de peinture. It shows Jupiter (top right with his eagle) ordering the eternal punishment of Prometheus (bottom left), which Vulcan (bottom right) begins.
Since 1872 it has been in the collection of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, in Paris.
Details
- Accession number
- INV 4641
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée du Louvre
- Image: Musée du Louvre — © 2013 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / RMN Agence photo
