Fantastic Cave with Odysseus and Calypso
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Classical Mythology |
Date | 1606-1609 |
Dimensions | 34.6 x 49.5 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Collaborators | Hendrick de Clerck |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #377 |
Location/Most Recent Sale | USA, Mrs. H. John Heinz III |
Tags | Birds, Monkey, Parrot, De Clerck, Tazza, Nude, Classical, Mythological, Flowers, Fruit, Household items, Jewels |
Odysseus's sojourn with Calypso on the island of Ogygia is recounted in Book V of The Odyssey.