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Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo: The Induction of Ganymede in Olympus.  wikidata:Q114596299 reasonator:Q114596299
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Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo  (1719–1795)  wikidata:Q128954
 
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo
Description French painter, visual artist and portraitist
Date of birth/death 25 August 1719 / 29 August 1719 Edit this at Wikidata 15 November 1795 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rivoli Paris
Work period 1738 Edit this at Wikidata–1795 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q128954
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James Steakley
Title
German:
Die Einführung des Ganymed in den Olymp Edit this at Wikidata

The Induction of Ganymede in Olympus.
title QS:P1476,de:"Die Einführung des Ganymed in den Olymp Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Die Einführung des Ganymed in den Olymp Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Induction of Ganymede in Olympus."
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
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English: The Induction of Ganymede in Olympus. Oil on canvas. Ceiling painting (detail), Marble Hall,
institution QS:P195,Q677383
Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten, GK I 8143.
At 240 square meters, this is the largest canvas ceiling painting north of the Alps.
Opposite the table of the gods at Olympus, the Muses make music. The figures, from left to right (with their attributes): Euterpe: lyric poetry (flute), Erato: lyric poetry (stringed instrument), Terpsichore: dance (lyra, dance step), Clio: history (stylus), Calliope: epic poetry (book), Melpomene: tragedy (wreath of grape leaves), Polyhymnia: song (without attribute, in a pensive pose), Urania: astronomy (globe), Thalia: comedy (mask).
Deutsch: Die Einführung des Ganymed in den Olymp. Öl auf Leinwand. Deckengemälde (Ausschnitt), Marmorsaal,
institution QS:P195,Q677383
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, GK I 8143.
Es ist mit 240 m² Fläche das größte Leinwanddeckengemälde nördlich der Alpen.
Gegenüber der Tafel der Götter auf Olymp musizieren die Musen. Von links nach rechts (mit ihren Attributen): Euterpe: lyrische Poesie (Flöte), Erato: Dichtkunst (Saiteninstrument), Terpsichore: Tanz (Lyra, Tanzschritt), Klio: Geschichtsschreibung (Griffel), Kalliope: epische Dichtung (Buch), Melpomene: Tragödie (Kranz aus Weinlaub), Polyhymnia: Gesang (ohne Attribut, in nachdenklicher Haltung), Urania: Astronomie (Globus), Thalia: Komödie (Maske).
Date 1768
date QS:P571,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q677383
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GK I 8143. (Neues Palais in Potsdam) Edit this at Wikidata
References https://www.potsdam.de/marmorsaal-im-neuen-palais Edit this at Wikidata
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