"La Maga Circe" SOLD
The sorceress Circe and the handmaid Meri Roman school of the '700 Oil on canvas Canvas measures 55 x 43 frame 74 x 63 Excellent condition This beautiful painting of the' 700 depicts a charming sorceress Circe who, accompanied by her trusted maid Meri, leads to pasture a group of sheep. The gazes of the animals, which convey an evident restlessness, take on distinct human features. They are the result of the magic of the perfidious and cruel Circe who kneaded men to transform them into beasts and reduce them to slavery. Its notoriety is due to one of the most fascinating chapters of the Odyssey, certainly the most adventurous story of Homer's trilogy. Here we see her dressed