| Socrates, his two Wives, and Alcibiades | |
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| Xanthippe Dousing Socrates | |
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| Artist | Reyer van Blommendael |
| Year | 1660s |
| Medium | oil painting oncanvas |
| Movement | Baroque painting Christian art History painting |
| Subject | Socrates,Xanthippe,Myrto, andAlcibiades |
| Dimensions | 210 cm × 198 cm (83 in × 78 in)[1] |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts,Strasbourg |
| Accession | 1934 |
Socrates, his two Wives, and Alcibiades is a large oil on canvas painting by theDutch Golden Age artist,Reyer van Blommendael. It is today owned by theMusée des Beaux-Arts ofStrasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 1377.[2]
The painting was bought in 1934 inParis as a work byJan Victors, and was later attributed toCesar van Everdingen. Only in 1997 has the art historianEddy de Jongh attributed the painting with certainty to Bloemmendael. Other paintings by Blommendael, especiallyLoth and his Daughters (Musée des Beaux-Arts ofDunkirk), show exactly the same, distinctive type of blonde, round-faced, small-eyed and full-breasted young woman asSocrates, his two Wives, and Alcibiades.[1][2]
ThebigamistSocrates is depicted as so absorbed by his thoughts that he remains ignorant ofMyrto's erotic enticement, as well as ofXanthippe dousing him with cold water. Only youngAlcibiades, arriving from the left, is about to waken the philosopher from his stupor. Socrates is leaning on a stone with the inscription "Know thyself".[3][2]
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