Die Hochzeit von Peleus und Thetis
Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651)

The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis,

um 1590/95
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
101 x 146,5 cm
Displayed
AP OG Kabinett 15
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
6526
Acquisition
Aus der Schlossgalerie Aschaffenburg
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Abraham Bloemaert, Die Hochzeit von Peleus und Thetis, um 1590/95, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/9pL3QXm4eb (Last updated on 24.08.2023)
Above the cloth canopy, Eris—the snubbed goddess of discord, who has been forbidden to attend the wedding banquet of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis—interrupts the feast of the Olympian gods by tossing down a golden apple as a prize for the most beautiful goddess, thereby inducing a quarrel.

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