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Prometheus Bound
Peter Paul RubensBegun c. 1611-1612, completed by 1618
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
Details
- Title: Prometheus Bound
- Creator Lifespan: 1577/1640
- Creator Nationality: Flemish (active Italy, Antwerp, and England)
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Antwerp, Belgium
- Creator Birth Place: Siegen, Germany
- Date Created: Begun c. 1611-1612, completed by 1618
- Location: Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium)
- Physical Dimensions: w82.5 x h95.51 in (Overall)
- Provenance: Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1950
- Type: Paintings
- Rights: © 2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
- External Link: Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Description: The eagle was painted by Snyders
- Artist/Maker: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (active Italy, Antwerp, and England), 1577 - 1640, and Frans Snyders, Flemish (active Antwerp), 1579 - 1657
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