Magnes by Vincenzo Cohen

Paintings by Vincenzo Cohen For Sale

  • Title: Magnes

  • Artist: Vincenzo Cohen

  • Category: Paintings

  • Medium: oil on canvas

  • Size (inches): 15.74x19.68

  • Year: 2021

  • Framed?: Unframed

  • Shipping from: Italy

Reduced Price: $860 USD    $800 USD

Artwork description

The artwork represents the Cretan shepherd Magnes, from which, according to Pliny the Elder, the word “magnetism”derives. In his “Naturalis historia” he tells that this shepherd walking on Mount Ida in Crete accidentally discovered the properties of the magnetite when his iron stick and the nails of his shoes were suddenly attracted by magnetite rocks. The work represents the shepherd with luminous and magnetic beams coming out of the eyes, symbolizing a force that is released and that binds us to nature through its mineral components.

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