# Danaë [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GENTILESCHI, Orazio]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 162 x 229 cm ## Commentary This painting represents a rare exception of mythological subject in the mature period of the artist, devoted mainly to religious themes. This is the second version of the painting, the first version, auctioned in 2016 by Sotheby's, is in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Danaë is frequently represented in Renaissance and Baroque painting. You can view <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&title=danae&comment=&time=any&school=any&form=any&type=any&location=&header=0&other=0&caption=Depictions+of+Danaë'\)" HREF="/cgi-bin/search.cgi?author=&title=danae&comment=&time=any&school=any&form=any&type=any&location=&header=0&other=0&caption=Depictions+of+Danaë">other depictions</A> of Danaë in the Web Gallery of Art. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/20\_cent/strauss\_danae.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Richard Strauss: Danaë's Love, Danaë's monologue</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Cupid and Psyche]() - [Danaë]() - [David Contemplating the Head of Goliath]() - [David Contemplating the Head of Goliath]() - [Finding of Moses]() - [Joseph and Potiphar's Wife \(detail\)]() - [Joseph and Potiphar's Wife]() - [Landscape with St Christopher]() - [Lot and his Daughters]() - [Lot and His Daughters]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()