# The Loves of Pasiphaë

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of the Cassoni Campana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-cassoni-campana-r9b187eeb5f8498>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on poplar panel, 69 x 155 cm

## Commentary

In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë was the daughter of Helios, the Sun, by the eldest of the Oceanids, Perse. She was the mother of the Minotaur, after a curse from Poseidon caused her to experience lust for and mate with a white bull sent by Poseidon. This panel belonged to a cassone \(marriage chest\).

## Related artworks

- [Ariadne in Naxos](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-cassoni-campana-r9b187eeb5f8498/ariadne-in-naxos-r63596d0d7ce88a>)
- [The Taking of Athens by Minos, King of Crete](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-cassoni-campana-r9b187eeb5f8498/the-taking-of-athens-by-minos-king-of-crete-re79a4dcf4b6d1c>)
- [Theseus and the Minotaur](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-cassoni-campana-r9b187eeb5f8498/theseus-and-the-minotaur-r19c1ff269ed05f>)

## Attribution

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