Heroes and goddesses by Hendrick van Balen the Elder

Greek goddesses and heroes were the centre of the pictorial themes created by the Flemish Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1573-1632)

Heróis e deusas gregas estiveram no centro dos temas pictóricos do flamengo Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1573-1632)

Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1573-1632)-‘Minerva and the Nine Muses’-oil on panel    Private collection

Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1573-1632)-‘Diana and Actaeon’-1621    Yakaterineburg-Museum of Fine Arts

Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1573-1632)-‘Odysseus as a guest of the Nymph Calypso’-oil on wood-ca 1616    Wien-Akademie der Bildenden den Künste

Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1573-1632)-‘Diana turns Actaeon into a stag’-oil on copper-ca 1605    Budapest-Szepmuveszeti Muzeum

Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1573-1632)-‘the judgment of Paris’-oil on canvas-1599    Berlin-Gemäldegalerie