{"product_id":"peter-paul-rubens-the-origin-of-the-milky-way-print","title":"Peter Paul Rubens The Origin of the Milky Way Print","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWritten in the Stars: An Artist at the Height of His Powers \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e✨\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAccording to Greco-Roman mythology, Zeus (Jupiter) wanted his mortal-born son Heracles (Hercules) to receive the gift of immortality, so he placed the infant at the breast of his sleeping wife, Hera (Juno), queen of the gods. Waking with a start, Hera pulled away, and her milk sprayed across the heavens, scattering into the stars we now know as the Milky Way. It's a myth so vivid it practically demands to be painted, and Rubens rose to the occasion with characteristic flourish and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn the composition, Hera reclines on a bank of clouds beside her golden chariot, the infant Heracles reaching up towards her, while a watchful Zeus (his eagle and lightning bolts a nod to his identity) looks on from the shadows in the background. Hera's chariot is drawn by peacocks, her sacred bird and constant companion throughout classical mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRubens painted this piece during the late 1630s, towards the end of a career that had already established him as the most celebrated painter in Northern Europe. It formed part of a major commission from King Philip IV of Spain to decorate the Torre de la Parada, a royal hunting lodge just outside Madrid, for which Rubens and his workshop produced a staggering series of mythological scenes drawn from Ovid's \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e. Companion works from the same commission include \u003cem\u003eHercules Fighting the Nemean Lion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePerseus Freeing Andromeda\u003c\/em\u003e, both similarly rich with the drama and movement that define Rubens' output.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA charming detail for anyone who loves a bit of art history gossip: Hera's face is widely believed to be modelled on Hélène Fourment, Rubens' young second wife, who appears again and again throughout his later work as his muse. 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