Wednesday, September 14, 2022

 Gabriel François Doyen
(1726 - 1806)

Gabriel François Doyen was a French painter who was born in Paris. He became an artist against his father's wishes, becoming a pupil at the age of twelve of Charles-André van Loo. Making rapid progress, he obtained at twenty the Grand Prix de Rome, and in 1748 set out for Rome. He studied the works of Annibale Carracci, Pietro Berrettini da Cortona, Giulio Romano and Michelangelo, then visited Naples, Bologna and, crucially, Venice. While in the latter city Doyen was greatly influenced by the work of the famous colourists, such as Titian.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_François_Doyen



Triomphe d'Amphitrite ou La Pêche
1768
Oil on canvas
277 x 253 cm
Palace de Versailles
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010236821

 In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and the wife of Poseidon. She was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (or Oceanus and Tethys). Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became the consort of Poseidon and was later used as a symbolic representation of the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Salacia, a comparatively minor figure, and the goddess of saltwater.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitrite

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