Henri Pierre PICOU (1824-1895). The Birth of Pindar,... Lot 569

Henri Pierre PICOU (1824-1895). The Birth of Pindar, 1873. Repainted (top left in the sky, in the trees, in ba Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Signed and dated lower left. Lining and accidents. 81 x 115 cm. Related work : Henri Pierre Picou, The Birth of Pindar, 1848, oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm, Paris, Musée d'Orsay. 25 years later, Picou produced a new version of his famous painting, now in the Musée d'Orsay. The general composition remains the same, although the oval view is changed to a rectangular format, but on closer inspection, Apollo has given way to Calliope with her lyre in her hands, while Love this time bends his bow. In this way, a number of significant details alter the original composition.