# Circe \(or Melissa\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DOSSI, Dosso](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 170 x 172 cm

## Commentary

The identification of this mysterious figure with the enchantress from the Odyssey is doubtful. However, this does not diminish the fascination of the luxurious image. The painting is redolent with the colour and luminous atmosphere of Venetian art which here join with the Ferrara school&#39;s inexhaustible search for esoteric and literary seduction.

## Related artworks

- [Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan Coast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/aeneas-and-achates-on-the-libyan-coast-r4b2f6f2483ca81>)
- [Allegory of Music](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/allegory-of-music-rdcd1bb3db0adb4>)
- [Anger or the Tussle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/anger-or-the-tussle-ra4c02222952185>)
- [Apollo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/apollo-rbc26020f4ead17>)
- [Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/bacchus-rf1a1fb7ac28f8b>)
- [Circe and her Lovers in a Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/circe-and-her-lovers-in-a-landscape-r5fe30ee19cad65>)
- [Circe \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/circe-detail-r26662b6f170b2f>)
- [Diana and Calisto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/diana-and-calisto-r6a35f31d6c1986>)
- [Francesco Maria della Rovere Leading His Troups](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/francesco-maria-della-rovere-leading-his-troups-r2c80cbd3dba1a3>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/interior-view-rdbd6de98170024>)
- [Jupiter and Semele](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/jupiter-and-semele-r3ff2216b9bbe9a>)
- [Jupiter, Mercury and the Virtue](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/jupiter-mercury-and-the-virtue-r3f83bf0b0185db>)

## Attribution

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