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Pierre Subleyras: Charon Ferrying the Shades  wikidata:Q29839727 reasonator:Q29839727
Artist
Pierre Subleyras  (1699–1749)  wikidata:Q464898
 
Pierre Subleyras
Alternative names
Pierre Hubert Subleyras
Description French painter, drawer, engraver and illustrator
Date of birth/death 25 November 1699 Edit this at Wikidata 28 May 1749 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Saint-Gilles-du-Gard Rome
Work location
Toulouse (1716-1726), Paris (1726-1727), Rome (1728-1729)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q464898
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Title
French:
Caron passant les ombres Edit this at Wikidata

Charon Ferrying the Shades
label QS:Lfr,"Caron passant les ombres"
label QS:Len,"Charon Ferrying the Shades"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Français : La barque de Caron traverse le Styx pour conduire les âmes jusqu'aux Enfers. En traitant ce sujet rare, Subleyras répondait d'abord aux exigences de l'Académie qui réclamait des jeunes artistes une maîtrise parfaite dans le traitement du nu et des drapés.
English: Charon carries newly deceased souls across the Styx. An unusual subject, technically answering the strict requirements of the Academy regarding the nude figure and draperies depiction.
Date between 1735 and 1744
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1735-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1744-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 135 cm (53.1 in); width: 83 cm (32.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,135U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,83U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
2nd floor, room 38
Accession number
INV. 8007
Object history Date acquisition 1794
References Joconde database: entry 000PE002576
Authority file
Source/Photographer Musée du Louvre
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    National Gallery, London

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current21:07, 25 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 21:07, 25 March 2007435 × 700 (63 KB)HeliogabalusPierre SUBLEYRAS Caron passant les ombres Vers 1735 H. : 1,35 m. ; L. : 0,83 m. La barque de Caron traverse le Styx pour conduire les âmes jusqu'aux Enfers. En traitant ce sujet rare, Subleyras répondait d'abord aux exigences de l'Académie qui réclam
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