Cyparissus (Vignali)

Cyparissus is a 1620s Baroque painting on a mythological subject from Ovid's Metamorphoses by the Italian painter Jacopo Vignali. It is on display in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France, to which it had been donated by the collectors Othon Kaufmann and François Schlageter in 1994. Its inventory number is 994-1-8,[2] or 44.994.1.8.[1]

Cyparissus
ArtistJacopo Vignali
Yearc. 1625
Mediumoil painting on canvas
MovementBaroque painting
Mythological painting
SubjectCyparissus
Dimensions123 cm × 163 cm (48 in × 64 in)[1]
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg
Accession1994

The painting depicts the young Cyparissus, mourning his pet deer, that he had mistakenly killed with his own bow and arrow. The young boy's pain is amplified beyond the description given by Ovid, and possibly inspired by a 1624 Venetian edition of Giovanni Andrea dell' Anguillara's Metamorfosi ridotte in ottava rima, in which the tearful aspect of the story is emphasized.[1] It is one of the very few profane paintings by Vignali.[2]

References
  1. Roy, Alain (June 2017). De Giotto à Goya. Peintures italiennes et espagnoles du musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. pp. 190–191. ISBN 978-2-35125-151-5.
  2. Jacquot, Dominique (2006). Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Cinq siècles de peinture. Strasbourg: Musées de Strasbourg. pp. 90–91. ISBN 2-901833-78-0.
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