# Danaë [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PIERRE, Jean-Baptiste-Marie]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 41 x 55 cm ## Commentary Danaë, the daughter of king Acrisius, who had been foretold peril from the hand of his grandson, was placed in a tower, under the care of her old nurse. Zeus \(Jupiter\) anamoured of Danaë penetrated to her in the shape of a golden shower of rain. The theme of Danaë was popular and 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. ## Related artworks - [Bacchanal]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Landscape with Peasants Playing Music and Dancing]() - [Nativity]() - [Old Man in the Kitchen]() - [The Forge of Vulcan]() - [The Rape of Europa]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()