Publication details
Franz Xaver Wagenschön a "Metamorphoses d`Ovide en rondeaux"
| Title in English | Franz Xaver Wagenschön and "Metamorphoses d`Ovide en rondeaux" |
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Opuscula Historiae Artium |
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| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | Franz Xaver Wagenschön; baroque drawing; illustrated prints of Ovid`s Metamorphoses |
| Description | The ample oeuvre of the Viennese academic painter Franz Xaver Wagenschön contains numerous works with mythological themes. Among the disparate drawings depicting mythological scenes stands out a homogenous set of twelve pen drawings from collections of the Silesian Museum in Opava to which it is possible to add another drawing from a private collection. Drawings from Opava show partly unusual and rare themes and they are based on stories from Ovid`s Metamorphoses. This article offers some new thematic identifications and comparisons of Wagenschön`s ovidian drawings, namely with illustrated prints of Ovid`s Metamorphoses. |