Galatea
Goddess
In Greek mythology, Galatea (; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") was the name of the following figures: Galatea, a Nereid who loved the shepherd Acis, and was loved by the cyclops Polyphemus. Galatea, the post-antiquity name given to the statue of a woman created by Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite.
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A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
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In art
Louis de Boullogne. Triumph of Galatea. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104369655
Arthur Bowen Davies. Galatea. Palmer Museum of Art. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138710311
Jacopo de' Barbari. Galatea standing on a dolphin. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141461946
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Werner van den Valckert. Galathea. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20354863
Odilon Redon. The Cyclops. Kröller-Müller Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3793426
Galatea. National Trust. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55429157
François Lemoyne. Pygmalion Witnessing His Statue Come to Life. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58238176
François Boucher. Pygmalion and Galatea. Hermitage Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106378839
Elisabetta Sirani. Elisabetta Sirani, Galatea, 1664, Museo Civico di Modena (cropped). Civic Museum of Modena. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117660151
Jean-Léon Gérôme. Пигмалион и Галатея. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17305070
Galathea føres over havet, ledsaget af nymfer, tritoner og amoriner. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20355014
François Perrier. Acis and Galathea. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20496925
Jacob de Wet II. Galatea and Polyphemus. Royal Collection. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28028098
Octave Tassaert. Pygmalion and Galatea. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29839314
Annibale Carracci. Polifemo y Galatea (Aníbal Carracci). Palazzo Farnese. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5826944
François Perrier. Polyphemus and the Sea Nymphs. Cook collection. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74661253
French Painter. Pygmalion and Galatea as Infants. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78654513
Nicolas Bertin. Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne - Acis et Galathée - Nicolas Bertin Joconde04400000589. Château de Compiègne. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97330789
Mosaic of the Nereid Galatea. Sousse Archaeological Museum. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104774820
Max Klinger. Galatea. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116445039
Harald Haacke. Galatée. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116445688
Auguste Rodin. Pygmalion and Galatea. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116240828
Étienne Maurice Falconet. Pygmalion and Galatea. Hermitage Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17315628
Laurent Marqueste. Laurent Marqueste - Pygmalion et Galathée - Musée des Augustins - RA 1047 Y. Musée des Augustins. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21789599
Gironimo Tomasi. Plat ovale avec en décor le Triomphe de Galatée - Musée du Louvre Objets d'art OA 9247. Department of Decorative Arts of the Louvre. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123364921
Jean-Baptiste Tuby. Galatea. The Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18822234
Laurent Marqueste. Laurent Marqueste - Le Réveil - Musée des Augustins - RA 1042. Musée des Augustins. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21777194
Gaspard Marsy. Boreas Abducting Orithya. Department of Sculptures of the Louvre. CC BY 2.5. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87453522
Mathurin Moreau. Fontaine du Jardin Anglais. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98539556
Wall painting: Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116291534
Reinhold Vasters. Cabinet with gold mounts and relief. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116401352
Polyphemus and Galatea. Naples National Archaeological Museum. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131613867
Michele Todini. Клавесин и фигуры. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19947560
Polyphemus and Galatea. Naples National Archaeological Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19967788
Polyphemus and Galatea. Naples National Archaeological Museum. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26081028
Laurent Marqueste. Fonds Ganne - Galate, Luxembourg, Paris (g0919). Musée d'Orsay. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76463956
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- Wikipedia · Galatea (mythology) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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