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A naked woman points to the sky as Zetes and Calais, the winged sons of Boreas, god of the north wind, put down food as bait to catch the dragon-like harpies. King Phineas stands beside the female figure of Fortune, pointing upward as the young Boreads launch themselves into the air to do battle in the clouds.
This painting and Landscape with a Scene of Enchantment (also in the National Gallery’s collection) may once have been part of a series of six or more paintings made to cover the upper walls of an entire room in a Venetian palace.
Title
Landscape with the Expulsion of the Harpies
Date
about 1590
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 185 x W 206 cm
Accession number
NG5467
Acquisition method
Bought, 1944
Work type
Painting
