Crusie’s Guide to Art 14

“The Shepherds AT the Tomb of Amyntas” by Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guerin, 1805. I can find no information about this painting, which seems about right since it appears to be Neoclassic piffle, although I think retitling it “The Shepherds in the Tomb of Amyntas Playing Charades” would liven it up considerably. I would like to know why they’re in a tomb. That seems fishy to me. But then again, it’s amazing what straight men will put up with to spend time with attractive women.

I even looked up Amyntas to see if HE was interesting:

“Amyntas (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύντας), Tetrarch of the Trocmi was a King of Galatia and of several adjacent countries between 36 and 25 BC, mentioned by Strabo as contemporary with himself. He was the son of Brogitarus, king of Galatia, and Adobogiona, daughter of king Deiotarus Philoromaeus.”

Yeah, we’re gonna stick with charades AT a tomb.