Friedrich Preller d. Ä.
(1804-1878)
Leukothea erscheint Odysseus im Sturm,
1863
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
158 x 96 cm
Displayed
Sammlung Schack Saal 7
Acquisition
1863 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Friedrich Preller d. Ä., Leukothea erscheint Odysseus im Sturm, 1863, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Dj4mo03L5A (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
After leaving the island of Calypso, Odysseus was caught in a storm unleashed by the sea god Poseidon. Leucothea, a sea deity who assisted those who had been shipwrecked, advised Odysseus to leave his raft and swim ashore to the land of the Phaeacians, giving him a shawl to protect him from drowning. Preller¿s cycle of Odyssey paintings determined how several generations of Germans pictured the events described in Homer¿s epic.
