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John Moody (1906 - 1993)
Photographic reproduction: A Satyr mourning over a Nymph by Pierro di Cosimo ( 1462 – 1522)
£650.00
John Moody (1906 - 1993)
£650.00
Size:
Height – 7cm x Width – 21cm
1 in stock
Photographic reproduction squared in pencil – From an original work by Pierro di Cosimo ( 1462 – 1522)
Numeric annotations around the sides.
Condition – Crease on top RHS
Pierro di Cosimo (1462 – 1522). (painted in 1495)
A nymph – a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a young woman – lies on a patch of grass in the foreground, blood streaming from wounds on her throat and hand. A satyr, half man and half goat, kneels next to her, mourning her death. A dog sits at her feet, balancing the stooping figure of the satyr and seemingly mourning as well. More dogs appear at the lakeside in the background.
It has been suggested that this painting depicts an episode from the Metamorphoses, an influential poem by the ancient Roman writer Ovid. If this is the case, then the beautiful nymph would be Procris, who was accidentally killed by her husband Cephalus. A fifteenth-century adaptation of the Metamorphoses added the satyr, which is not mentioned by Ovid.
The painting’s dimensions suggest that it was part of furniture or inserted into wooden panelling. Piero di Cosimo specialised in the production of such paintings, known as spalliere.
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After training at the Royal Academy Schools and working from a studio offered to him by Eric Ravilious (1903 – 1942) and Edward Bawden (1903 – 1989), by the 1930’s, Moody was exhibiting at a variety of London venues and teaching at Wimbledon School of Art; he also became a founder member of the New Kingston Group of painters. Fascinated by the Theatre he was later well known as an opera producer, commissioning stage sets from John Piper and Robert Medley.
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