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GODS AND MYTHS

Cephalus and Procris / Cycles / -22, Bernardino Luini

Further details

Cefalo disguised. Sympathetic shepherd tries to comfort him. Background: reference to the Theban episode of Cephalus' dog, which took place after the estrangement and before the death; according to Ovid, the beast of Themis had been ravaging the Theban flocks when the shepherds came to Cephalus

Artist or creator

Luini, Bernardino (c1480-1532)

Date

1520 - 1522 (circa)

Location

Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Correggio, Niccolò. Fabula di Cephalo. 1487.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

I. Lavin, Cephalus and Procris: Transformations of an Ovidian Myth, JWCI, vol. XVII, 1954

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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