- Karolina Masiewicz Zawisza
- All Artworks
- "Persephone"
"Persephone" (2017) Original Oil Painting by Karolina Masiewicz Zawisza
70 x 100 x 3cm (unframed) / 70 x 100cm (actual image size)
£732.7Sold
Do you like this artwork?
This artwork has sold, but the artist is accepting commission requests. Commissioning an artwork is easy and you get a perfectly personalised piece.
Original artwork description
In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, and is the queen of the underworld. Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic princess of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. Persephone was married to Hades, the god-king of the underworld.The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation. Similar myths appear in the Orient, in the cults of male gods like Attis, Adonis, and Osiris, and in Minoan Crete.
Materials used:
oils, vernish
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 70 x 100 x 3cm (unframed) / 70 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Free returns14 day money back guaranteeLearn more
Original artwork description
In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, and is the queen of the underworld. Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic princess of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. Persephone was married to Hades, the god-king of the underworld.The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation. Similar myths appear in the Orient, in the cults of male gods like Attis, Adonis, and Osiris, and in Minoan Crete.
Materials used:
oils, vernish
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 70 x 100 x 3cm (unframed) / 70 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
