For the painting by Jacopo Tintoretto, see The Origin of the Milky Way.
The Birth of the Milky Way
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens
Year
c. 1637
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
181 cm × 244 cm (71 in × 96 in)
Location
Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Birth of the Milky Way,[1] also sometimes known as The Origin of the Milky Way,[2] is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, produced between 1636 and 1638 and featuring the Greco-Roman myth of the origin of the Milky Way. The painting depicts Hera (Juno), spilling her breast milk, the infant Heracles (Hercules) and Zeus (Jupiter) in the background, identifiable by his eagle and lightning bolts. Hera's face is modelled on Rubens' wife, Hélène Fourment.[1] The carriage is pulled by peacocks,[3] a bird which the ancient Greeks and Romans considered sacred to both themselves and to Hera/Juno, as a result of their ability to signal changes in weather through cries and hence their perceived connection to the gods.[4]
With a width of 244 cm (96 in) and height of 181 cm (71 in),[1] the image was a part of the commission from Philip IV of Spain to decorate Torre de la Parada.[5] It is now held at the Museo del Prado, in Madrid.[1]
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^Larry Silver (2017). Rubens, Velázquez, and the King of Spain. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 9781351550383.
^Murray Longmore; Ian Wilkinson; Ian Boden Wilkinson; Andrew Baldwin; Elizabeth Wallin (2014). Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine. OUP Oxford. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-19-960962-8.
^H. Harbaugh (1853). The Guardian. Vol. 4. p. 210.
^Rosa López Torrijos (1998). Mythology & History in the Great Paintings. Scala Books. p. 52. ISBN 9781857592054.
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