Danae
Danae, Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563 - 1639) c. 1623
in the form of gold streaming from the sky. Gentileschi adopted Caravaggio’s method of painting directly from models, pulled to the front of the picture plane, which gives the painting a startling, tangible quality. However, the graceful way he handled paint and human gestures lend the work a poetic quality unique to the artist. Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1971.101 
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