# Hyanthe and Clymene at their Toilette

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DUBREUIL, Toussaint](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dubreuil-toussaint-re5ebaafd96d676>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 107 x 97 cm

## Commentary

Hyanthe and Clymene at their Toilette c. 1600 Oil on canvas, 107 x 97 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In Greek mythology, Hyanthe and Clymene are the two daughters of a king of Crete who rescued Francus, the Trojan ancestor of the Franks, when he was shipwrecked. Dubreuil&#39;s painting belonged to a group of about sixty paintings that Henri IV commissioned between 1594 and 1602 for the Château Neuf of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

## Related artworks

- [Hyanthe and Clymene Offering a Sacrifice to Venus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dubreuil-toussaint-re5ebaafd96d676/hyanthe-and-clymene-offering-a-sacrifice-to-venus-r77e0c2dc1dc3f0>)

## Attribution

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