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Destruction of Niobe's Children
Onofri, Crescenzio17th century
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
"Onofri was a pupil in Rome of Gaspard Dughet, whose style he imitated with great success. In 1689 he moved to Florence to work for prince Ferdinando de' Medici.
The scene shows the moment in Ovid's Metamorphoses VI when Apollo and Diana slay all of Niobe's fourteen children to avenge their mother Leto, to whom Niobe has declared herself superior on account of her fecundity."
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Details
- Title: Destruction of Niobe's Children
- Creator Lifespan: 1632? - c.1713
- Date: 17th century
- Physical Dimensions: w1350 x h934 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Notes: Formerly given to the school of Dughet, the attribution to Onofri was proposed by Boisclair who suggests that the figures may be the work of Pietro Dandini (1646-1712).
- Work Nationality: Italian
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
- Attributed to: Onofri, Crescenzio
- Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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