Duality of Partenope Mermaid Print

To create this illustration I thought to the Greek Mermaids with bird-wings, that in origin were 3 handmaids of Persefone, punished by the mother Demeter for their inattention when Hades rape the girl: my drawing-collage is made on paper with ballpoint pen (left side), is inspired by the sculpture "Rape of Proserpina" (1621) of the baroque italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Narrated in the epic of Omero, Ulysses enchanted by the voice and melody of the Sirens and he managed to resist their singing; the poet Licofrone said that after that, the creatures so threw themselves into the sea. The body of Partenope was arrived through the sea in the magno-greek city of Neaples, landscape that I recreated on the background. The aspect of Mermaid changed in Middle-Ages, became an half fish and an half woman, reasons why I called the painting Duality of Partenope. The canvas is 45 x 35 centimeters, with 2 cm of depth for the support of wooden frame behind.

Print:Giclee on Photo Paper

Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

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