Constant Nieuwenhuys-Prometheus, 1989

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Prometheus

1989
Late period
135,0cm
x 96,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

39

Prometheus stole fire from the Gods on the Olympus and gave it to the humans. He was punished for his hubris. Zeus chained him to a rock where an eagle (emblem of Zeus) came and picked out his liver. Every day the liver grew back and the torture would repeat.

Alternate titles

Prométhée
2000

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '89, bottom right in sanguine paint on brown fond
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Eagle
Man
Myth
People
Pink
Red
Suffering

Frame dimensions

150,7 x 112 x 6 cm