Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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Jupiter Pluvius
Lent by The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation (Charity Number SC001419) 2016
<p>This imposing picture divided critical opinion when it was exhibited in 1819. Taking his subject from the Ancient Greek writer Pausanias, Gandy shows the temple of Jupiter Pluvius, god of rainstorms, to the top left. Some critics admired the artist’s knowledge of ancient literary sources and architecture. Others thought it was too similar to the popular entertainments of the time, like painted panoramas and magic lantern shows.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2019</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
26 June 2017 – 12 November 2017
2017-11-12
26 June 2017 – 12 November 2017
2017-11-12
2017-06-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2017-06-26
Ray Harryhausen
Collection based display
29 July 2019 – 3 November 2019
2019-11-03
29 July 2019 – 3 November 2019
2019-11-03
2019-07-29
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-07-29
1819 Spotlight
Collection based display
24 October 2020 – 20 February 2022
2022-02-20
24 October 2020 – 20 February 2022
2022-02-20
2020-10-24
Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh, UK)
2020-10-24
Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema
Loan-out
Jupiter Pluvius
frame: 1885 × 2280 × 145 mm
Lent by The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation (Charity Number SC001419) 2016
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<p>This imposing picture divided critical opinion when it was exhibited in 1819. Taking his subject from the Ancient Greek writer Pausanias, Gandy shows the temple of Jupiter Pluvius, god of rainstorms, to the top left. Some critics admired the artist’s knowledge of ancient literary sources and architecture. Others thought it was too similar to the popular entertainments of the time, like painted panoramas and magic lantern shows.</p>
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