The great escape
Pencil, Gilding on Paper
20x26in
$2,800
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John Rabou
Netherlands
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Artwork details
- Medium : Pencil, Gilding on Paper
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Framing :
Cardboard
under glass
Framed - Dimensions : 19.7x15.7in
About this artwork
In greek and roman mythology the Harpies were spirits of sudden stormy winds and swift robbers.
They were generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens, faces pale with hunger and long claws on their hands. Roman and Byzantine writers detailed their ugliness. Pottery art depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings.
To Hesiod, they were imagined as fair-locked and winged maidens, who surpassed winds and birds in the rapidity… of their flight.
But even as early as the time of Aeschylus, they are described as ugly creatures with wings, and later writers carry their notions of the Harpies so far as to represent them as most disgusting monsters.
Virgil writes: "Bird-bodied, girl-faced things they are; abominable their droppings, their hands are talons".
Pencil and gold leaf, 2016.
Original illustration for my book "Wonderwezens - klein overzicht van mythische figuren" (Wondercreatures - small overview of mythical figures). The book appeared May 30th, 2017.
They were generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens, faces pale with hunger and long claws on their hands. Roman and Byzantine writers detailed their ugliness. Pottery art depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings.
To Hesiod, they were imagined as fair-locked and winged maidens, who surpassed winds and birds in the rapidity… of their flight.
But even as early as the time of Aeschylus, they are described as ugly creatures with wings, and later writers carry their notions of the Harpies so far as to represent them as most disgusting monsters.
Virgil writes: "Bird-bodied, girl-faced things they are; abominable their droppings, their hands are talons".
Pencil and gold leaf, 2016.
Original illustration for my book "Wonderwezens - klein overzicht van mythische figuren" (Wondercreatures - small overview of mythical figures). The book appeared May 30th, 2017.
John Rabou
Netherlands
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Credentials
- Works on commission
John Rabou, since 1980 artist-illustrator from ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
I specialize in historical and archaeological illustrations and artist impressions. I strive for the greatest possible historical accuracy and plausibility. Until my “retirement,” I also created illustrations for (historical) youth books and biology, anatomy, and medical illustrations. I worked for educational and children's book publishers, heritage institutions, government archaeological services and companies, theme parks, and museums both at home and abroad. In England, I worked with an agent. I have a fascination with classical and medieval mythology.
Nowadays, I initiate and publish my own book projects, usually in collaboration with various writers, like "Wonderwezens" (2017) and "De vlucht van Daidalos" (2022), with author Imme Dros.
For almost 10 years now, I have been working on the designs for an embroidery project in Vlaardingen; a work in progress, when finished measuring about 35-40 m.
I specialize in historical and archaeological illustrations and artist impressions. I strive for the greatest possible historical accuracy and plausibility. Until my “retirement,” I also created illustrations for (historical) youth books and biology, anatomy, and medical illustrations. I worked for educational and children's book publishers, heritage institutions, government archaeological services and companies, theme parks, and museums both at home and abroad. In England, I worked with an agent. I have a fascination with classical and medieval mythology.
Nowadays, I initiate and publish my own book projects, usually in collaboration with various writers, like "Wonderwezens" (2017) and "De vlucht van Daidalos" (2022), with author Imme Dros.
For almost 10 years now, I have been working on the designs for an embroidery project in Vlaardingen; a work in progress, when finished measuring about 35-40 m.
John Rabou
Winged women with talons
$2,150
