15 April 2018

Peter Paul Rubens. Union of Earth and Water, ca. 1618 (State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg).



Oil on canvas: 222.5 x 180.5 cm. Cybele, with the horn of plenty, represents earth. Neptune, resting on the trident, represents water. The union is blessed by the goddess of victory descending from mount Olympus. Oil on panel study at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

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