Focus on Portrait of Mlle. Lange as Danae and explain the abstract.
The Portrait of Mlle Lange as Danaë is a painting by French painter Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. This satirical painting of the actress Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange as Danaë replaced a Venus for the last two days of the Paris Salon of 1799, after a dispute between the artist and the sitter.
It is now part of the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange Paris Salon Minneapolis satirical Danaë Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis Institute of Arts Girodet Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson Venus