Charon crossing the styx joachim patinir biography
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A horrible ferryman keeps these waters and streams / in fearful squalor, Charon, on whose chin stand enormous, / unkempt grey whiskers, his eyes stand out in flame and / a filthy garment dangles by a knot from his shoulders.
Charon crossing the styx joachim patinir biography
/ He punts the boat with his pole, handles the sails / and carries bodies across in his murky boat; he is / old now, but for a god old age is raw and green… This is how Virgil describes the Ferryman of the Underworld in his Aeneid… On the other hand, the painting of Charon crossing the Styx by Joachim Patinir presents us with a more serene image of Charon.
While he still punts the boat with his pole, he does not exude the same fearsome aura as Virgil’s character. Instead, Patinir’s Charon appears more human and approachable, reflecting the artist’s tendency to soften the harsher elements of myth.
https://www.pantheonpoets.com/poems/charon-the-ferryman/
Joachim Patinir’s Charon Crossing the Styx is a masterful example of Northern