41+ Gerome Pygmalion Galatea Background. Find more prominent pieces of mythological painting at wikiart.org. Gérôme focused on the theme of pygmalion and galatea between 1890 and 1893.

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In 1891 gérôme made a marble sculpture of pygmalion and galatea, based on a plaster version he used as a model for the painting. Soon pygmalion and galatea were wed, and pygmalion never forgot to thank aphrodite for the gift she had given him. The motif is taken from ovid's metamorphoses, and depicts how the sculptor pygmalion kisses his ivory statue galatea.

He prays to goddess aphrodite (aka venus).

Gérôme, pygmalion et galatée, 1890. Pygmalion and galatea, undated | artist: He prays to goddess aphrodite (aka venus). Gérôme focused on the theme of pygmalion and galatea between 1890 and 1893.