Danaë: a greedy nude Beauty reclining on a bed on a terrace, receiving Jupiter's gold coin shower, with frightened Cupid aside
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ERNST GOTTHILF BOSSE (1785-1862)
Danaë: a greedy nude Beauty reclining on a bed on a terrace, receiving Jupiter's gold coin shower, with frightened Cupid aside
signed and dated 'Bosse de Riga pxt. Napoli 1818' (lower right)
rectangular, 5½ x 8 3/8 in. (140 x 212 mm.), gilt-metal mount, the reverse with the artist's oval trade label inscribed 'ERNEST BOSSE, Peintre à l'Huile & en Miniature. Professeur de l'Académie de beaux arts à Florence, Membre honoraire de celle de St Luc à Rome & de Parme. demeure'
Danaë: a greedy nude Beauty reclining on a bed on a terrace, receiving Jupiter's gold coin shower, with frightened Cupid aside
signed and dated 'Bosse de Riga pxt. Napoli 1818' (lower right)
rectangular, 5½ x 8 3/8 in. (140 x 212 mm.), gilt-metal mount, the reverse with the artist's oval trade label inscribed 'ERNEST BOSSE, Peintre à l'Huile & en Miniature. Professeur de l'Académie de beaux arts à Florence, Membre honoraire de celle de St Luc à Rome & de Parme. demeure'