Title

The giants attempt to scale Heaven by piling mountains upon one another, 1655. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Danaides condemned to fill bored vessels with water, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolles's "Tableaux du Temple des Muses", Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere.

Date

1655

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Art Media

Reference

HRM19C00_004

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,8Mb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3417 x 5120 (300dpi)

Keywords

carrying religious rocks rock mountain mountains country French France religion climbing geography heaven giant labour location century effort concept legend mythology B&W 17th century black & white black and white B W legendary Greek mythology seventeenth century Art Media geographical feature engraving Unknown Michel de Michel de Marolles Marolles Michel de Marolles Abbé de Villeloin Michel de Marolles Abbe de Villeloin Unknown Michel de Marolles engraving