# Banquet of Achelous

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BALEN, Hendrick van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

In his later work Van Balen seems to have had a preference for figures which are more prominent in the picture plane. In some cases, such as the Banquet of Achelous, some of the female figures are based on the example of Rubens&#39;s classicist characters of the years around 1615.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of Abundance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/allegory-of-abundance-r2514f69974e8ad>)
- [Bacchus and Diana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/bacchus-and-diana-r3fa3f667399c11>)
- [Diana Resting after the Hunt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/diana-resting-after-the-hunt-r7956c42da269e0>)
- [Diana Resting after the Hunt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/diana-resting-after-the-hunt-r85dcb0fd856e0c>)
- [Diana Turns Actaeon into a Stag](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/diana-turns-actaeon-into-a-stag-rb3207df02666cf>)
- [Feast of the Gods](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/feast-of-the-gods-r743e901cef60be>)
- [Herse and her Sisters with Mercury](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/herse-and-her-sisters-with-mercury-rbecc3a6038602d>)
- [Holy Trinity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/holy-trinity-r35a356ee516814>)
- [Minerva and the Nine Muses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/minerva-and-the-nine-muses-rfbdb62392e9bd7>)
- [Odysseus as a Guest of the Nymph Calypso](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/odysseus-as-a-guest-of-the-nymph-calypso-r41d22a5e6407d4>)
- [The Feast of Achelous](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/the-feast-of-achelous-r36ee03268a8dd1>)
- [The Judgment of Paris](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balen-hendrick-van-r43d19f3bc271f4/the-judgment-of-paris-r8d15fb66dda8c8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)