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

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11543

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.