Ulysses deriding Polyphemus
J. M. W. Turner1829
National Gallery
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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painting by J. M. W. Turner
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
132 × 203 cm
1829
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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liked it
Description
painting by J. M. W. Turner
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
132 × 203 cm
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It depicts a scene from Homer's Odyssey, showing Odysseus (Ulysses) standing on his ship deriding Polyphemus, one of the cyclopes he encounters and has recently blinded, who is disguised behind one of the mountains on the left side. Additional details include the Trojan Horse, a scene from Virgil's Aeneid, on one of the flags and the horses of Apollo rising above the horizon.
