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Between Scylla and Charybdis by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl
Original price was: $599.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl
A small boat sits inside a towering wall of dark water in Between Scylla and Charybdis by Hirémy-Hirschl. This oil-on-canvas reproduction is hand-painted; see this page for available choices.
Description
Description
Between Scylla and Charybdis by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl places a small boat inside a dark, turbulent sea. A high, curved mass of water rises from the foreground and nearly encloses the vessel. The boat appears in profile near the centre, with tiny figures aboard and a narrow strip of light beyond it. The steep walls of water occupy most of the tall composition, leaving only a limited opening toward the distance. This close framing makes the sea feel larger than the boat and its crew.
About Between Scylla and Charybdis Reproduction
Black-green shadows gather along the left and lower edges, while thin strokes of pale foam trace the waves. A vertical shaft of warm light falls from above onto the middle of the water and catches parts of the boat. The bright passage draws the eye through the darkness toward a faint horizon. The contrast is restrained: the scene does not rely on bright color, but on the change from near-black water to the muted gold and gray around the opening. The curved outline of the boat is easy to miss at first, then becomes a measure of scale.
The hand-painted reproduction
The narrow format reinforces the upward sweep of the waves and makes the vessel seem vulnerable within the surrounding water. Small highlights suggest movement without flattening the surface into a single uniform blue. A small boat sits near the middle, partly hidden by spray, with a faint opening of light beyond it. The vessel and distant glow are surrounded by a high arc of shadowed water; a bright vertical band gives the eye a route through the dark surface. Pale foam at lower left breaks against the deeper green waves, while faint warm strokes at the top soften the edge of the darkness. This ByMuseum reproduction is hand-painted in oil on canvas.
- The small boat sits within a towering, curved wall of dark water.
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Artwork guide
The story behind Between Scylla and Charybdis by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl
Explore the painting’s history, composition and meaning in the ByMuseum art guide.
Read the history and meaning of Between Scylla and Charybdis by Adolf Hirémy-HirschlPRODUCT INFORMATION
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