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Cleobis and Biton (Thomas Blanchet, 1614 - 1689)
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Cleobis and Biton (Thomas Blanchet, 1614 - 1689)
Fortune and the Good Genius of Rome
Artist: Thomas Blanchet (French, 1614-1689)
Date: c. 1650
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts Lyon, Lyon, France
Description
The allegory of Fortune (Fortuna) and the Good Genius of Rome represents the Roman belief in the fickle nature of luck and the necessity of divine or inherent favor to secure prosperity and success for the state. While Fortuna embodied random chance, the "Good Genius" (Genius Publicus or Genio Populi Romani) was the protective spirit or inherent virtue ensuring the stability and success of Rome
40. Cadmo e Palas
Após a morte da serpente, “chega Palas, a protectora do jovem… ordena-lhe que lavre aquela terra e plante os dentes da víbora, sementes de futuro povo.”
(Thomas Blanchet - Cadmus and Minerva)
Thomas BLANCHET - Landscape with Sarcophagus 1650-52 Oil on canvas, 99 x 133 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
And we are on our way.
Landscape with Sarcophagus (1650-52), Thomas Blanchet / Collapsing Stars, The Mountain Goats
Thomas Blanchet (Paris 1614-1689 Lyon), The Resurrection of Lazarus, ca.1655, Galerie Mendes, Paris