Sujet
Nemesis, c. 1501-1502. Creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528).
Légende
Nemesis, c. 1501-1502. According to the Latin poem that inspired this engraving, Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution, had the "power to crush the arrogant minds and triumphs of men and to confound their too ambitious plans." Ready to dispense judgment, Nemesis hovers formidably above the clouds that separate her from the insignificant town below. As in the poem, here Nemesis has her traditional attributes?a bridle for punishment and a goblet for reward?but Dürer conflated her with Fortuna, the goddess of fortune, who balances on a sphere to symbolize the unpredictable, topsy-turvy nature of fate.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F95_204
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
61,7Mo (7,7Mo) / 32,8cm x 47,1cm / 3876 x 5560 (300dpi)