Losenko A. P. Zeus and Thetis

Losenko A. P.

1757, Glukhov - 1773 St Petersburg

Zeus and Thetis

1769

oil on canvas. 172 x 126
Ж-4973
Received in 1946

Location in museum The Mikhailovsky Palace Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 9
Period 18th century
CategoryMythological Subject
Keywords Mythological and fairytale characters | male costume | female costume | Russian Museum by Pavel Svinin | Birds
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Anton Losenko painted Zeus and Thetis in Rome in 1769, during the final year of his period as a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Italy. Count Ivan Shuvalov also lived in Rome at the time and commissioned the painting from the artist for Count Kirill Razumovsky.

Shuvalov dispatched the canvas to St Petersburg along with casts of ancient sculptures for the Imperial Academy of Arts. One of the first works of Russian Neoclassicism, Zeus and Thetis is distinguished for its classical simplicity and clear and distinct forms, interweaving ancient reminiscences with direct work from life. Russian Museum: From Icons to the Modern Times. Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2015. P. 80.

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